No. 6,206 in Chinese
建寺
"建寺" means "to build a temple."
In a sentence
他决定花三年时间建寺。
He decided to spend three years building a temple.
In this sentence, '建寺' is used as a verb, directly expressing the action of constructing a temple.
这里是新近建寺的地方。
This is the site where a temple was recently built.
Here, '建寺' indicates the event of building a temple that occurred in the recent past.
我们的家族多年来资助了许多建寺活动。
Our family has funded many temple-building activities over the years.
In this context, '建寺' refers to organized efforts or activities related to constructing temples.
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