参议院
cān yì yuàn
Pinyin

Definition

参议院
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cān yì yuàn
  1. senate
  2. upper chamber (of legislative assembly)

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
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
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
孤儿院
gū ér yuàn
  1. 1 orphanage
  2. 2 child asylum
寺院
sì yuàn
  1. 1 cloister
  2. 2 temple
  3. 3 monastery
  4. 4 CL:座[zuò]
庭院
tíng yuàn
  1. 1 courtyard

Idioms (0)

Sample Sentences

参议院少数党领袖查克・ 舒默认为，特朗普政府对未来毫无规划。
cānyìyuàn shǎoshùdǎng lǐngxiù chákèshūmò rènwéi ，Tèlǎngpǔ zhèngfǔ duì wèilái háowú guīhuà 。
In the United States, the Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer suggested the Trump administration had no strategy for the future.
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第五：美国中期选举结果出来了，民主党获得众议院控制权，共和党保住了参议院。
dìwǔ ：Měiguó zhōngqī xuǎnjǔ jiéguǒ chūlái le ，Mínzhǔdǎng huòdé Zhòngyìyuàn kòngzhìquán ，Gònghédǎng bǎozhù le cānyìyuàn 。
5. The U.S. midterm election results are out: Democrats took control of the House of Representatives, and the republicans kept the majority of the senate.
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这件事起因是参议院对预算问题有不同意见，没办法通过拨款法案。
zhè jiàn shì qǐyīn shì cānyìyuàn duì yùsuàn wèntí yǒu bùtóng yìjiàn ，méi bànfǎ tōngguò bōkuǎn fǎàn 。
The shutdown began because of different opinions on the yearly budget in the Senate, and they failed to pass the appropriation bill.
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