堂
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Definitions
- 1. (main) hall
- 2. large room for a specific purpose
- 3. relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
- 4. of the same clan
- 5. classifier for classes, lectures etc
- 6. classifier for sets of furniture
Words Containing 堂
the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
paradise
college
church
palace
assembly hall
classroom
dining hall; cafeteria
having things decided by the will of a single individual
three generations under one roof
lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[sū háng] below (idiom)
lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork)
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei
cathedral
bright
very bright
the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing)
heaven on Earth
(honorific) your mother
(honorific) your parents
Nintendo
law court
high-sounding
torture chamber
lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
the part of the forehead between the eyebrows
yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows
Tongrentang, Chinese pharmaceutical company (TCM)
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
item (in a program of entertainments)
Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[lǎo shě]
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
attendant
father's brother's sons
parish
Don Quixote
grand
displaying strength and discipline
younger female patrilineal cousin
husband of younger female cousin via male line
father's brother's daughters
nephew by the male line
central room of a traditional Chinese house
side room of a hall
younger male patrilineal cousin
wife of younger male cousin via male line
wife of younger male cousin via male line
remote relatives (with the same family name)
imposing
overt
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带[wài dài])
mourning hall
lobby
cathedral
Westminster Abbey, London
room to meet guests
lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
(of houses etc) sumptuous (idiom)
(honorific) your mother
public courtroom accusation (idiom)
customer area of a store
cathedral
courtyard in front of a palace
Buddhist nunnery
imperial ancestral temple
hall
(dialect) alley
Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海[zhōng nán hǎi], used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
to drag out a lesson
same as 拜天地
churchyard
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
meeting hall; assembly hall
there is a lot to it
Du Fu's Thatched Cottage (park and museum in Chengdu)
Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor
to gather happily under one roof
college of Western learning in late Qing
to make it
whole audience
everyone present applauds
cramming (as a teaching method)
success across the board
public baths
to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof
lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living
synagogue
synagogue
to stay behind (after class)
lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom)
ancestral hall
meditation room (in Buddhist monastery)
chapel
draft
memorial hall
scripture hall (Buddhism)
letting everyone have their say
St Anthony Parish (Macau)
Church of Our Lady
Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
Parish of Our Lady of Fatima (Macau)
mother (honorific designation)
lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living
lecture hall
Shiseidō (Japanese cosmetics company)
tax haven
to die
(of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall
Jintang county in Chengdu 成都[chéng dū], Sichuan
Jintang county in Chengdu 成都[chéng dū], Sichuan
fig. abundant wealth
to open a law court
Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀[jì yún], novel of the supernatural
to make a name for oneself
quiz (student assessment)
mourning hall
brick house with a tiled roof
dining hall
Mawei River naval college, alternative name for Fuzhou naval college 福州船政學堂|福州船政学堂, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
main hall
dirty trick
to get together all at once
dining hall in a Buddhist temple