方fong1丈zoeng6

English

1. one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
2. square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square)
3. a resentful person that hold a grudge over little things and for a long time; originating from the stingy abbot of Shaolin Temple, a character in a Hong Kong film "God of Cookery" in 1996
4. abbot-cum-teacher of a Buddhist temple
5. monastic room 10 feet square
6. Buddhist or Daoist abbot
7. abbot's chamber

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 小器、記仇或者易發嬲嘅人；出自1996年香港電影《食神》少林寺方丈嘅角色，份人極之小器
2. 一間佛寺嘅最高領導人，兼任教師職務（量詞：個）

Examples

• 呢間寺嘅方丈法號叫慧光。

  The abbot of this temple is called Wai-Kwong (literally, intellectual light).

• 小小事就發火，十足方丈咁。

  Getting angry over such triviality, just like the Abbot.