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college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:
HSK 1
hospital / CL: , ,
HSK 1
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
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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  *院* | 院* | *院
courtyard / institution / 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
courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
HSK 7-9
nursing home
HSK 7-9
scholar / academician / fellow (of an academy)
HSK 7-9
courtyard; compound
Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
(Tw) nursing home; hospice
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
Beijing Broadcasting Institute, former name of 中國傳媒大學|中国传媒大学
beauty salon; beauty parlor
lateral court (in a Chinese house)
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
medical school
Executive Yuan, the executive branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
Buddhist hall
Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911
Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China
Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics)
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
theater chain (abbr. for 電影院線|电影院线)
a conflict arises close to home (idiom)
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)
research institute / academy
people's court (of law) / people's tribunal
(dialect) courtyard
(PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department
appeals court
supreme court
stereoscopic cinema / 3D cinema
Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei
Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
theater
high court
academy of sciences / CL: 個|个
orphanage / child asylum
mental hospital; psychiatric hospital
Academia Sinica (abbr. for 中央研究院)
reformatory / reform school
brothel / whorehouse
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
front courtyard / front yard
art institute / art and drama college
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate
nursing home / old people's home
(dialect) old people's home; nursing home
senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
academism (art)
insane asylum; mental hospital
lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies
(Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital / to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner)
sanatorium
senior citizens' home; old folks' home
compound with many families living together
Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan, famous ancient academy
privy council
lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons
one family courtyard
Upper Chamber / Upper House / Senate
convent
International Court of Justice
hairdresser and beauty parlor / barbershop / massage parlor
college / academy / educational institution
orphanage / nursery
prosecutor's office / procuratorate
abbr. for 參議院|参议院, senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
maternity hospital
residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides
orphanage
courtyard
to enter hospital / to be hospitalized
cinema / movie theater
specialized hospital
threshing floor
cinema; movie theater
house / house with a courtyard
outer courtyard
Chinese Academy of Science
abbey / Buddhist monastery / vihara
deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc)
monastery / convent
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
opera house
bicameralism / bicameral legislative system
the last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
script for opera (esp. in Yuan times)
Daoyuan (Sanctuary of the Dao)

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