监察院
Jiān chá yuàn
Pinyin

Definition

监察院
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Jiān chá yuàn
  1. Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

学院
xué yuàn
  1. 1 college
  2. 2 educational institute
  3. 3 school
  4. 4 faculty
  5. 5 CL:所[suǒ]
影院
yǐng yuàn
  1. 1 cinema
  2. 2 movie theater
法院
fǎ yuàn
  1. 1 court of law
  2. 2 court
观察
guān chá
  1. 1 to observe
  2. 2 to watch
  3. 3 to survey
  4. 4 to examine
  5. 5 observation
  6. 6 view
  7. 7 perspective
  8. 8 CL:個|个[gè]
警察
jǐng chá
  1. 1 police
  2. 2 police officer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
医院
yī yuàn
  1. 1 hospital
  2. 2 CL:所[suǒ],家[jiā],座[zuò]
电影院
diàn yǐng yuàn
  1. 1 cinema
  2. 2 movie theater
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā],座[zuò]
中科院
Zhōng kē yuàn
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院[Zhōng guó Shè huì Kē xué yuàn], Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
住院
zhù yuàn
  1. 1 to be in hospital
  2. 2 to be hospitalized
侦察
zhēn chá
  1. 1 to investigate a crime
  2. 2 to scout
  3. 3 to reconnoiter
  4. 4 reconnaissance
  5. 5 detection
  6. 6 a scout
入院
rù yuàn
  1. 1 to enter hospital
  2. 2 to be hospitalized
出院
chū yuàn
  1. 1 to leave hospital
  2. 2 to be discharged from hospital
副院长
fù yuàn zhǎng
  1. 1 deputy chair of board
  2. 2 vice-president (of a university etc)
剧院
jù yuàn
  1. 1 theater
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],座[zuò]
博物院
bó wù yuàn
  1. 1 museum
商学院
shāng xué yuàn
  1. 1 business school
  2. 2 university of business studies
四合院
sì hé yuàn
  1. 1 courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
国务院
Guó wù yuàn
  1. 1 State Council (PRC)
  2. 2 State Department (USA)
大院
dà yuàn
  1. 1 courtyard (surrounded by many buildings)
  2. 2 compound
  3. 3 great institution
妓院
jì yuàn
  1. 1 brothel
  2. 2 whorehouse

Idioms (6)

察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
察言观色
chá yán guān sè
  1. 1 to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom)
  2. 2 to discern what sb thinks from his body language
明察暗访
míng chá àn fǎng
  1. 1 open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret
  2. 2 taking information from all sides
明察秋毫
míng chá qiū háo
  1. 1 lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
暗察明访
àn chá míng fǎng
  1. 1 open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret
  2. 2 taking information from all sides
水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒
shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú
  1. 1 water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends (idiom)

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