Lingaku- the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
- you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
- I'll get you sooner or later
- also written 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟|跑得了和尚，跑不了庙[pao3 de2 liao3 he2 shang4 , pao3 bu4 liao3 miao4]
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- you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
- I'll get you sooner or later
This idiom suggests that even if someone manages to escape or evade a situation temporarily, they will eventually have to confront or return to the original issue.
You can run this time, but you will ultimately have to face reality.
This meaning conveys the idea that no matter how someone tries to avoid a consequence, it is inevitable that they will face it eventually.
Generated collocations (experimental)
pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miào跑了和尚跑不了庙you can run this time, but you'll have to come backtáo bì zé rèn逃避责任，zhōng jiū终究nán难táo逃avoid responsibility, but ultimately can't escapehǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng好汉不提当年勇a real man doesn’t talk about past gloriespǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào跑得了和尚，跑不了庙the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with himtáo逃dé得le了yī shí一时，táo逃bù le不了yī shì一世you can escape for a moment, but you can't escape foreverzhōng jiū终究hái shi还是yāo要fù chū付出dài jià代价in the end, one will still have to pay the pricepáo跑dé得le了，nǐ你de的wèi lái未来ne呢？you can run away, but what about your future?