尚

still / yet / to value / to esteem

archaic variant of 坰[jiong1]

small / tiny / few / young

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Buddhist monk

see 三個和尚沒水喝|三个和尚没水喝[san1 ge4 he2 shang5 mei2 shui3 he1]

lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom) / fig. to do one's job mechanically / to hold a position passively

see 和尚打傘，無法無天|和尚打伞，无法无天[he2 shang5 da3 san3 , wu2 fa3 wu2 tian1]

lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]) / fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven / lawless

Tanzania (Tw)

to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)

Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇[Tao2 hua1 Shan4]

lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss