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HSK
to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized
HSK 2
to leave hospital / to be discharged from hospital
HSK 2
college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:
HSK 1
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
courtyard / garden / yard / patio / CL: 個|个 / (old) servant
HSK 2
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courtyard / institution / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
the head of an institution whose name ends in ; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
hospital / CL: , ,
HSK 1
court of law / court
HSK 4
courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
HSK 7-9
to enter hospital / to be hospitalized
inpatient department
prosecutor's office / procuratorate
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
Supreme Court of the United States
Shanghai Grand Theater
lateral court (in a Chinese house)
county court / district court
Shanghai Theatrical Institute
theater / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
Academia Sinica (abbr. for 中央研究院)
abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
people's court (of law) / people's tribunal
beauty salon; beauty parlor
lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons
lower house (of parliament)
Beijing Film Academy
bicameralism / bicameral legislative system
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
barbershop; hairdresser's
scholar / academician / fellow (of an academy)
HSK 7-9
courtyard
Central Conservatory of Music
resident physician
International Court of Justice
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council
business school / university of business studies
PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)
Chinese Academy of Engineering
(PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department
insane asylum; mental hospital
cloister / temple / monastery / CL:
front courtyard / front yard
Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei
Upper Chamber / Upper House / Senate
Taiwan Affairs Office
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
theater
cinema; movie theater
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
academism (art)
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
monastery / convent
senior citizens' home; old folks' home
brothel / whorehouse
house / house with a courtyard
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
appeals court
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
teacher's college / normal school
US Department of State
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)
Chinese Academy of Science
academy of sciences / CL: 個|个
home cinema; home theater
research institute / academy
high court
Beijing Dance Academy
residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
hairdresser and beauty parlor / barbershop / massage parlor
general hospital
orphanage / child asylum
graduate school
the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院 Executive Yuan, 立法院 Legislative Yuan, 司法院 Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院 Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院 Control Yuan
cinema / movie theater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
inner courtyard (in a courtyard house)
outer courtyard
school of engineering / college of engineering
Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China
mental hospital; psychiatric hospital
deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc)
abbey / large monastery
Constitutional Court
United States Senate
United States House of Representatives
The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
Executive Yuan, the executive branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
High Court
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) / abbr. for 加利福尼亞理工學院|加利福尼亚理工学院
Business school
regional court
Confucius Institute (abbr. for 孔子學院|孔子学院)
Daoyuan (Sanctuary of the Dao)

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