宫殿 (宮殿)
gōng diàn
Pinyin

Definition

宫殿 (宮殿)
 - 
gōng diàn
  1. palace
  2. CL:座[zuò]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

殿堂
diàn táng
  1. 1 palace
  2. 2 hall
  3. 3 temple buildings
大殿
dà diàn
  1. 1 main hall of a Buddhist temple
宫殿
gōng diàn
  1. 1 palace
  2. 2 classifier: 座 zuò
殿
diàn
  1. 1 palace hall
殿下
diàn xià
  1. 1 Your Majesty (honorific)
  2. 2 His or Her Highness

Idioms (1)

无事不登三宝殿
wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn
  1. 1 lit. One doesn't visit a temple without a cause. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)
  3. 3 having a hidden agenda

Sample Sentences

明清时期，皇家宫殿房间内出现了可移动的冷源，即贮放冰块的柜子，上面镂空，作为冷气出孔，中部空间还可储存食物，如西瓜、冷饮等。
MíngQīng shíqī ，huángjiā gōngdiàn fángjiān nèi chūxiàn le kě yídòng de lěngyuán ，jí zhùfàng bīngkuài de guìzi ，shàngmiàn lòukōng ，zuòwéi lěngqì chūkǒng ，zhōngbù kōngjiān hái kě chǔcún shíwù ，rú xīguā 、lěngyǐn děng 。
In the Ming and Qing dynasty, rooms in the royal palace placed ice cubes in cabinets which were hollow on the top to let the cool air flow. The space in the middle of the cabinets were used to store food such as watermelons and cold beverages etc.
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大象又高又大，腿就像宫殿的柱子一样粗，最高的人走过去，还不到大象的肚子。
dàxiàng yòu gāo yòu dà ，tuǐ jiù xiàng gōngdiàn de zhùzi yīyàng cū ，zuì gāo de rén zǒu guòqù ，hái bùdào dàxiàng de dùzi 。
The elephant was both tall and large. Its legs were as thick as the palace's pillars. The tallest person could stand next to it and not even come up to its belly.
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