"老僧"是个多义词,它可以指老僧(汉语词汇),老僧(唐代景云诗作),老僧(明代照源诗作)。
那老僧既聋且昏, 又齿落舌钝, 所答非所问。
The man proved to be deaf as well as dim-witted, for his mumbled answers were quite irrelevant.
老僧笑道,贵客到此,可逢凶化吉。
The old monk smiled and said, "Distinguished guests have come and calamities can be turned into blessings."
我问老僧,有人常来此地否,寺庙又何以败落如此。
I asked the old monk, did some people often come here? Why was the temple so decline as now?
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