堂屋
táng wū
Pinyin

Definition

堂屋
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táng wū
  1. central room of a traditional Chinese house

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 classifier: 间 jiān
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
tóng táng
  1. 1 to live under the same roof (of different generations)
tóng wū
  1. 1 roommate
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
kā fēi wū
  1. 1 coffee house
  2. 2 café
  3. 3 classifier: 家 jiā

Idioms (20)

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
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
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)