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Trad. 鐵窗
- window with an iron grating (apartment etc)
- barred window of a prison cell
- window
- opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)
- computer operating system window
- fig. medium
- intermediary
- showpiece
- testing ground
Trad. 窗體
- form (used in programming languages such as Visual Basic and Delphi to create a GUI window)
Trad. 卵圓窗
- (anatomy) oval window (between the middle and inner ear)
- window period (time between infection and the appearance of detectable antibodies)
- period during which sth is lacking (boyfriend or girlfriend, work, revenue, production of a commodity etc)
- lull
- hiatus
Trad. 鐵窗生活
- time served in prison
- prison life
Trad. 東窗事發
- (of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom)
- to come to light
Trad. 明窗淨几
- lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room)
Trad. 窗明几淨
- lit. clear window and clean table (idiom)
- fig. bright and clean
Trad. 雲窗霧檻
- cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds
Trad. 兩耳不聞窗外事
- to pay no attention to outside matters
Trad. 打開天窗說亮話
- (let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush