会堂 (會堂)
huì táng
Pinyin

Definition

会堂 (會堂)
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huì táng
  1. meeting hall
  2. assembly hall

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

天堂
tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
同堂
tóng táng
  1. 1 to live under the same roof (of different generations)
堂
táng
  1. 1 (main) hall
  2. 2 large room for a specific purpose
  3. 3 classifier: 间 jiān
  4. 4 relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
  5. 5 of the same clan
  6. 6 classifier for classes, lectures etc
  7. 7 classifier for sets of furniture
堂哥
táng gē
  1. 1 older male patrilineal cousin

Idioms (15)

上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
升堂入室
shēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
四世同堂
sì shì tóng táng
  1. 1 four generations under one roof (idiom)

Sample Sentences

三日，中非合作论坛北京峰会在人民大会堂开幕，
sānrì ，ZhōngFēi hézuò lùntán Běijīng fēnghuì zài RénmínDàhuìtáng kāimù ，
On the 3rd, the opening of the Beijing Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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要去犹太会堂祈祷，请求上帝宽恕你的罪恶。
yào qù Yóutài huìtáng qídǎo ，qǐngqiú shàngdì kuānshù nǐ de zuì è 。
You have to go to the synagogue to pray and ask God to forgive your sins.
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