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- (main) hall
- large room for a specific purpose
- CL:間|间[jian1]
- relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
- of the same clan
- classifier for classes, lectures etc
- classifier for sets of furniture
- the part of the forehead between the eyebrows
- yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows
- ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony
- same as 拜天地
- item (in a program of entertainments)
- trick (act of mischief)
- worthwhile result
- accomplishment
- sth significant but not immediately apparent
- sth more than meets the eye
- to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带[wai4 dai4])
- (restaurant) dine-in service
Trad. 過堂
- to appear in court for trial (old)
- (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall
- yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows
Trad. 洋學堂
- school after the Western model, teaching subjects such as foreign languages, math, physics, chemistry etc (old)
- (sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old)
- having things decided by the will of a single individual
- autocratic rule
- (contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2])
Trad. 懷仁堂
- Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP
- wife of younger male cousin via male line
- younger cousins via male line
Trad. 掃堂腿
- (martial arts) floor-sweeping kick (to trip one's opponent)
Trad. 林語堂
- Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor
Trad. 滿堂彩
- everyone present applauds
- universal acclaim
- a standing ovation
- to bring the house down
Trad. 滿堂紅
- success across the board
- victory in everything one touches
Trad. 金堂縣
- Jintang county in Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1], Sichuan
- letting everyone have their say
- taking people's views into account
- free expression of different views
- (contrasted with 一言堂[yi1 yan2 tang2])
Trad. 洋務學堂
- college of Western learning in late Qing
Trad. 人間天堂
- heaven on Earth
- nickname for the city Suzhou
- Du Fu's Thatched Cottage (park and museum in Chengdu)
Trad. 處堂燕雀
- lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living
- unaware of the disasters ahead
- a fool's paradise
Trad. 金玉滿堂
- lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom)
- fig. abundant wealth
- abundance of knowledge
- displaying strength and discipline
- impressive
- upright and frank
- square
- overt
- to make no secret (of one's presence)
- grandiose
- with great scope
Trad. 歡聚一堂
- to gather happily under one roof
Trad. 濟濟一堂
- to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof
- the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
Trad. 對簿公堂
- public courtroom accusation (idiom)
- legal confrontation
- to take sb to court
- to sue
- lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
- fig. to give up
- to turn tail
- lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom)
- fig. to go to the next level; to attain a higher level
Trad. 富麗堂皇
- (idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous
Trad. 船政學堂
- Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
- lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
- fig. to gradually attain proficiency
- to attain a higher level
- Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]
Trad. 燕雀處堂
- lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living
- unaware of the disasters ahead
- a fool's paradise
- lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
- there is a lot to it
- not a straightforward matter
Trad. 花地瑪堂區
- Parish of Our Lady of Fatima (Macau)
- Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Trad. 人民大會堂
- the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing)
Trad. 中正紀念堂
- Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei
Trad. 聖安多尼堂區
- St Anthony Parish (Macau)
- Freguesia de Santo António
- lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork)
- not presentable
- coarse
- unrefined
Trad. 馬尾水師學堂
- 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
Trad. 閱微草堂筆記
- Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀[Ji4 Yun2], novel of the supernatural
- The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
Trad. 聖索非亞大教堂
- Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
- Westminster Abbey, London
- lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
Trad. 上有天堂，下有蘇杭
- lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom)
- fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven