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classroom / CL: 間|间
HSK 2
dining hall; cafeteria / CL: 個|个, 間|间
HSK 4
paradise / heaven
HSK 6
church; chapel / CL: , , 間|间
HSK 6
assembly hall; auditorium / CL:
HSK 6
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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
college / school (old)
HSK 7-9
palace / hall / temple buildings
HSK 7-9
the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to gather happily under one roof
chapel / church (Protestant)
Jintang county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan
memorial hall / mausoleum
cathedral
Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor
Nintendo
nephew by the male line
father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin
Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level; to attain a higher level
(dialect) alley / lane
Westminster Abbey, London
younger male patrilineal cousin
public baths
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
whole audience / a sellout (capacity audience) / jam-packed
mourning hall / funeral hall
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
dining hall / canteen / cafeteria
quiz (student assessment)
imposing / grand
Shiseidō (Japanese cosmetics company)
main hall / honorific for one's parents (old)
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square
central room of a traditional Chinese house
older female patrilineal cousin
law court / hall (in castle) / CL:
tax haven
meeting hall; assembly hall
Jintang county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan
parish / civil parish
ancestral hall / memorial hall
high-sounding / dignified / pompous (idiom)
hall
lobby
grand / magnificent / stately / majestic appearance
(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)
older male patrilineal cousin
(idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous
success across the board / victory in everything one touches
bright / clear
the part of the forehead between the eyebrows / yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows
Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍
four generations under one roof (idiom)
customer area of a store / showroom / dining area of a restaurant
very bright / well-lit
public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue
everyone present applauds / universal acclaim / a standing ovation / to bring the house down
meditation room (in Buddhist monastery)
waiter (old)
room to meet guests / parlor
Buddhist nunnery
draft
dining hall in a Buddhist temple
to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall
to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof
to drag out a lesson / to insist on extending class after the bell
letting everyone have their say / taking people's views into account / free expression of different views / (contrasted with 一言堂)
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise
(old) waiter / attendant
lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom) / fig. to gradually attain proficiency / to attain a higher level
cramming (as a teaching method) / rote learning
Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海, used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP
brick house with a tiled roof
having the same paternal grandfather but different father
remote relatives (with the same family name)
Hall of Fame
to open a law court / to set up a mourning hall
Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
scripture hall (Buddhism)
cathedral
three generations under one roof
Tongrentang, Chinese pharmaceutical company (TCM)
(honorific) your mother
torture chamber
churchyard
Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀, novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing)
heaven on Earth / nickname for the city Suzhou
lecture hall / CL: , 間|间
to get together all at once
tax haven
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
variant of 唐花
synagogue

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