跑了和尚跑不了廟

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]

(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly

(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly

unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

old variant of 和[he2]

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]

to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

old variant of 和[he2] / harmonious

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese

(of an animal) to paw (the ground)

to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off

still / yet / to value / to esteem

Buddhist monk

no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)

unable to / without end

(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) / (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly

temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial