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hospital / CL: , ,
HSK 1
college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:
HSK 1
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
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courtyard / institution / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
courtyard / garden / yard / patio / CL: 個|个 / (old) servant
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
to be in hospital / to be hospitalized
HSK 2
to leave hospital / to be discharged from hospital
HSK 2
court of law / court
HSK 4
theater / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
scholar / academician / fellow (of an academy)
HSK 7-9
courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
HSK 7-9
nursing home
HSK 7-9
High Court
threshing floor
monastery / convent
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei
open-air amphitheater
resident physician
mental hospital; psychiatric hospital
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
college / academy / educational institution
two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate
Chinese Academy of Science
Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture
museum
orphanage / child asylum
(PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department
to leave the hospital / (old) (of a monk) to leave the monastery
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
Daoyuan (Sanctuary of the Dao)
abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
cinema; movie theater
parliament / congress / legislative assembly
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
courtyard; compound
insane asylum; mental hospital
school of engineering / college of engineering
deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc)
courtyard
cloister / temple / monastery / CL:
house / house with a courtyard
lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies
psychiatric hospital
Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China
front courtyard / front yard
theater chain (abbr. for 電影院線|电影院线)
lower house (of parliament)
International Court of Justice
high court
Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont
Shanghai Theatrical Institute
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
compound with many families living together
monastery (Christian) / abbey
business school / university of business studies
one family courtyard
seminary
academy of sciences / CL: 個|个
a conflict arises close to home (idiom)
(dialect) courtyard
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
maternity hospital
specialized hospital
bicameralism / bicameral legislative system
music academy / conservatory
lateral court (in a Chinese house)
brothel / whorehouse
courtyard
to enter hospital / to be hospitalized
abbr. for 參議院|参议院, senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
graduate school
beauty salon; beauty parlor
county court / district court
outer courtyard
school of management
Buddhist hall
reformatory / reform school
University College, London
script for opera (esp. in Yuan times)
abbey / Buddhist monastery / vihara
people's court (of law) / people's tribunal
orphanage
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
research institute / academy
prosecutor's office / procuratorate
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, a university
China Foreign Affairs University, located in Beijing
home cinema; home theater
medical school
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
law school
academism (art)
PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)
residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides

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