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HSK
classroom / CL: 間|间
HSK 2
dining hall; cafeteria / CL: 個|个, 間|间
HSK 4
church; chapel / CL: , , 間|间
HSK 6
paradise / heaven
HSK 6
assembly hall; auditorium / CL:
HSK 6
college / school (old)
HSK 7-9
palace / hall / temple buildings
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
the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
HSK 7-9
bright / clear
Nintendo
high-sounding / dignified / pompous (idiom)
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
older female patrilineal cousin
lobby
imposing / grand
whole audience / a sellout (capacity audience) / jam-packed
very bright / well-lit
cramming (as a teaching method) / rote learning
Jintang county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan
meeting hall; assembly hall
chapel / church (Protestant)
memorial hall / mausoleum
grand / magnificent / stately / majestic appearance
hall
(idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous
public baths
mourning hall / funeral hall
to gather happily under one roof
displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei
father's brother's sons / paternal male cousin
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
torture chamber
meditation room (in Buddhist monastery)
mourning hall / a hall for a birthday celebration
success across the board / victory in everything one touches
Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀, novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
(martial arts) floor-sweeping kick (to trip one's opponent)
Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍
four generations under one roof (idiom)
main hall / honorific for one's parents (old)
imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple
lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined
younger female patrilineal cousin
ancestral hall / memorial hall
dirty trick / monkey business
(honorific) your mother
draft
to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall
younger male patrilineal cousin
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
Jintang county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan
older male patrilineal cousin
ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地
to open a law court / to set up a mourning hall
side room of a hall
father's brother's daughters / paternal female cousin
central room of a traditional Chinese house
(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)
overt / to make no secret (of one's presence) / grandiose / with great scope
the part of the forehead between the eyebrows / yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows
nephew by the male line
mother (honorific designation)
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
(honorific) your mother
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level; to attain a higher level
Buddhist nunnery
lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom) / fig. to gradually attain proficiency / to attain a higher level
law court / hall (in castle) / CL:
(old) waiter / attendant
room to meet guests / parlor
having the same paternal grandfather but different father
lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise
remote relatives (with the same family name)
waiter (old)
customer area of a store / showroom / dining area of a restaurant
variant of 唐花
(dialect) alley / lane
to drag out a lesson / to insist on extending class after the bell
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
Shiseidō (Japanese cosmetics company)
older male patrilineal cousin
cathedral
three generations under one roof
to get together all at once
heaven on Earth / nickname for the city Suzhou
Tongrentang, Chinese pharmaceutical company (TCM)
lecture hall / CL: , 間|间
Church of Our Lady / Frauenkirche
to make a name for oneself
Don Quixote
dining hall / canteen / cafeteria
yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows
older female patrilineal cousin
scripture hall (Buddhism)
parish / civil parish

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