the Dalai Lama
noun /ðə ˌdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə/
/ðə ˌdɑːli ˈlɑːmə/
[singular]- the leader of Tibetan Buddhism and, in former times, the ruler of Tibet
达赖喇嘛:藏传佛教的领袖,以前是西藏的统治者 词源from Tibetan, literally ‘ocean monk’, so named because he is regarded as “the ocean of compassion”.