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HSK
structure / composition / makeup / architecture / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
Gothic (style in architecture, art, literature etc)
simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
HSK 7-9
Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism
distributed architecture
curtain wall (architecture)
Bauhaus (German school of modern architecture and design)
path taken by people moving through a space; flowline (in architecture, interior design, urban planning etc)
to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) / to set up / to develop / construction (abstract) / architecture
colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture / colored or clear glass art object
"shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai
dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails
abutment (architecture)
accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art) / picture created using this technique
seam; stitching / decorative trim; molding (used to conceal joints in architecture or interior design)
to construct; to build / structure; framework; architecture
horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges
(architecture) high-ceilinged / to raise (a ceiling) to a height of / ceiling height
span (architecture)
template / (architecture) formwork
stylobate (architecture)
unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi / width of a room / (architecture) bay
axis of symmetry / central axis (in Chinese architecture)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枓* | 枓* | *枓
(architecture) square wooden bearing block used to support a bracket in a dougong 斗拱 bracket system
architectural / architecture
pier foundation (architecture) / (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election
gargoyle (architecture)
hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine
ceiling (architecture)
column shaft (architecture)
elevation (architectural drawing)
(architecture) capital / column head / (botany) stigma
(architecture) clear height; vertical clearance (from the floor to the lowest hanging object, such as a beam, pipe or ceiling) / (coll.) a person's height measured without shoes; actual height
(traditional Chinese architecture) spirit wall – a screen wall placed inside or outside a main gate, shielding the courtyard from view
arcade (architecture)
(architecture) basement level 1; floor B1
(literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
(Tw) span (architecture) / time span
(cartography) to make a map / (architecture etc) to draft; to draw (blueprints) / (graphic design) to create graphics
gargoyle (architecture)


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