民房
mín fáng
Pinyin
Definition
民房
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- private house
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
仁民爱物
- 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
便民利民
- 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
全民皆兵
- 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
削职为民
- 1 demotion to commoner (idiom)
Sample Sentences
一半的县城已经被淹,许多民房泡在水中。到目前为止统计的遇难人数是65人,预计5万人受灾。
Half of the town has already been flooded and many people's homes are immersed in water. As of now the number of people killed is at 65 and it's estimated that 50,000 people have been affected by the disaster.