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