典座

diǎnzuò
  1. (Buddhism) the kitchen manager in a monastery
  2. (Buddhism) (historical) monk responsible for various administrative and logistical duties

CEDICT

buddhism

Entry Composition

1 典 diǎn
  1. canon
  2. law
  3. standard work of scholarship
  4. literary quotation or allusion
  5. ceremony
  6. to be in charge of
  7. to mortgage or pawn
2 座 zuò
  1. seat
  2. base; stand
  3. (bound form) constellation
  4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 师座 shīzuò)
  5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc