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hospital / CL: , ,
HSK 1
to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized
HSK 2
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:
HSK 1
to leave hospital / to be discharged from hospital
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
courtyard / garden / yard / patio / CL: 個|个 / (old) servant
HSK 2
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courtyard / institution / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
court of law / court
HSK 4
nursing home
HSK 7-9
Chinese Academy of Science
courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
HSK 7-9
to enter hospital / to be hospitalized
inpatient department
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
psychiatric hospital
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)
lateral court (in a Chinese house)
county court / district court
(PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department
United States Senate
appeals court
Academia Sinica (abbr. for 中央研究院)
Shanghai Grand Theater
Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies
cinema / movie theater
lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons
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
theater / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
lower house (of parliament)
Upper Chamber / Upper House / Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
scholar / academician / fellow (of an academy)
HSK 7-9
Shanghai Theatrical Institute
courtyard
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics)
Chinese Academy of Engineering
bicameralism / bicameral legislative system
academy of sciences / CL: 個|个
teacher's college / normal school
regional 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 / university of business studies
theater
cloister / temple / monastery / CL:
front courtyard / front yard
Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei
school of engineering / college of engineering
senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
academism (art)
Buddhist hall
cinema; movie theater
Beijing Film Academy
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
Beijing Language Institute / former name of 北京語言大學|北京语言大学 Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
prosecutor's office / procuratorate
The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
monastery / convent
senior citizens' home; old folks' home
brothel / whorehouse
International Court of Justice
house / house with a courtyard
Central Conservatory of Music
resident physician
inner courtyard (in a courtyard house)
barbershop; hairdresser's
home cinema; home theater
University College, London
Taiwan Affairs Office
orphanage / child asylum
research institute / academy
high court
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Beijing Dance Academy
United States House of Representatives
medical school
residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate
deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc)
Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan, famous ancient academy
PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)
hairdresser and beauty parlor / barbershop / massage parlor
Dartmouth College
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
Central Academy of Drama
outer courtyard
academy
Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China
mental hospital; psychiatric hospital

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