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Expressing monastic practice with 修道 (xiūdào)
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Subject + 修道
Explanation
修道 (xiūdào) means "to practice a religious or monastic discipline," referring to the lifestyle of spiritual cultivation in a monastery or temple. It often appears in compound words like 修道院 (monastery).
Examples
他年轻时就决定出家修道。
Tā niánqīng shí jiù juédìng chūjiā xiūdào.
He decided to become a monk and pursue religious practice when he was young.
山上那座修道院已经有五百年的历史了。
Shān shàng nà zuò xiūdào yuàn yǐjīng yǒu wǔ bǎi nián de lìshǐ le.
That monastery on the mountain already has five hundred years of history.
她放弃了世俗生活，专心修道。
Tā fàngqì le shìsú shēnghuó, zhuānxīn xiūdào.
She gave up secular life to devote herself to religious practice.