高堂
gāo táng
Pinyin

Definition

高堂
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gāo táng
  1. main hall
  2. honorific for one's parents (old)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

天堂
tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
提高
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
最高
zuì gāo
  1. 1 tallest
  2. 2 highest
  3. 3 supreme (court etc)
高
Gāo
  1. 1 surname Gao
高中
gāo zhōng
  1. 1 senior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué]

Idioms (20)

一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
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
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress

Sample Sentences

张灯结彩庆新婚，一拜天地再高堂，宜室宜家满庭芳，从此白首享齐眉。
zhāngdēngjiécǎi qìng xīnhūn ，yī bài tiāndì zài gāotáng ，yíshìyíjiā mǎntíng fāng ，cóngcǐ báishǒu xiǎng qíméi 。
Here we see lanterns and coloured banners to celebrate the newlyweds. First kowtow to the heavens and the earth, then to your parents. We wish you a happy and satisfying life and that you may respect each other from now until you're old and grey.
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