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classroom / CL: 間|间
HSK 2
assembly hall; auditorium / CL:
HSK 6
paradise / heaven
HSK 6
dining hall; cafeteria / CL: 個|个, 間|间
HSK 4
Nintendo
church; chapel / CL: , , 間|间
HSK 6
the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
HSK 7-9
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(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL: 間|间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture
HSK 7-9
three generations under one roof
Tongrentang, Chinese pharmaceutical company (TCM)
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
bright / clear
dining hall / canteen / cafeteria
overt / to make no secret (of one's presence) / grandiose / with great scope
displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square
imposing / grand
cathedral
palace / hall / temple buildings
HSK 7-9
Don Quixote
younger female patrilineal cousin
churchyard
lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭 below (idiom) / fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
(idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous
(honorific) your mother
college / school (old)
HSK 7-9
everyone present applauds / universal acclaim / a standing ovation / to bring the house down
the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing)
grand / magnificent / stately / majestic appearance
younger male patrilineal cousin
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
to drag out a lesson / to insist on extending class after the bell
lecture hall / CL: , 間|间
to make a name for oneself
public baths
ancestral hall / memorial hall
law court / hall (in castle) / CL:
high-sounding / dignified / pompous (idiom)
Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍
four generations under one roof (idiom)
(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old) / having things decided by the will of a single individual / autocratic rule / (contrasted with 群言堂)
waiter (old)
to gather happily under one roof
courtyard in front of a palace
yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows
father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin
Buddhist nunnery
to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof
letting everyone have their say / taking people's views into account / free expression of different views / (contrasted with 一言堂)
dirty trick / monkey business
there is a lot to it / not a straightforward matter
meditation room (in Buddhist monastery)
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei
item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye
older female patrilineal cousin
draft
lobby
Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
mourning hall / funeral hall
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
very bright / well-lit
parish / civil parish
chapel / church (Protestant)
Jintang county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan
Jintang county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan
remote relatives (with the same family name)
mourning hall / a hall for a birthday celebration
Hall of Fame
husband of younger female cousin via male line
husband of older female cousin via male line
(martial arts) floor-sweeping kick (to trip one's opponent)
whole audience / a sellout (capacity audience) / jam-packed
Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀, novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
(dialect) alley / lane
lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined
older male patrilineal cousin
wife of younger male cousin via male line / younger cousins via male line
lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise
to stay behind (after class) / to be given detention / detention
tax haven
older female patrilineal cousin
lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom) / fig. to gradually attain proficiency / to attain a higher level
wife of older male cousin via male line
room to meet guests / parlor
Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海, used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP
mother (honorific designation)
to get together all at once
imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple
central room of a traditional Chinese house
(honorific) your mother
hall
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
older male patrilineal cousin
Church of Our Lady / Frauenkirche
to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall
(honorific) your parents
lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level; to attain a higher level
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
cathedral
heaven on Earth / nickname for the city Suzhou

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