建 筑 jiàn zhù to construct / building / CL:個|个[ge4] 房 屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] 房 子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] 大 楼 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] 建 筑 物 jiàn zhù wù building / structure / edifice 楼 宇 lóu yǔ building 土 木 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering 楼 阁 lóu gé building / pavilion 房 舍 fáng shè house / building 屋 宇 wū yǔ (literary) house / building 屋 架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 馆 building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL:家[jia1] 斋 to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk) 平 台 píng tái platform / terrace / flat-roofed building 楼 主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional) 大 厦 dà shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 / Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 / Empire State Building etc) 建 材 jiàn cái building materials 公 寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats / CL:套[tao4] 楼 盘 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent) 厂 房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 写 字 楼 xiě zì lóu office building 拆 迁 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants 地 盘 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth 扩 建 kuò jiàn to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) 建 筑 材 料 jiàn zhù cái liào building material 邓 小 平 理 论 Dèng Xiǎo píng Lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control 占 地 面 积 zhàn dì miàn ji floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) 高 楼 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] 楼 房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] 办 公 楼 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 跳 楼 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) 动 工 dòng gōng to start (a building project) 建 筑 业 jiàn zhù yè building industry 层 楼 céng lóu multistoried building / tower / pagoda 楼 顶 lóu dǐng top of a building 教 学 楼 jiào xué lóu teaching block / school building 封 顶 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 宿 舍 楼 sù shè lóu dormitory building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] 顶 层 dǐng céng top floor / the top of a building 校 舍 xiào shè school building 四 角 sì jiǎo the four corners (of a rectangle) / the eaves that the four corners of a building 铁 皮 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) 积 木 jī mù toy building blocks 建 筑 群 jiàn zhù qún building complex 办 公 大 楼 bàn gōng dà lóu office building 主 楼 zhǔ lóu main building 住 宅 楼 zhù zhái lóu residential building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 高 层 建 筑 gāo céng jiàn zhù high-rise building / skyscraper 破 土 pò tǔ to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project 砌 块 qì kuài building block 对 门 duì mén the building or room opposite 楼 台 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance 建 档 jiàn dàng book building 进 to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound 公 寓 楼 gōng yù lóu apartment building / CL:座[zuo4] 坠 楼 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 汉 白 玉 hàn bái yù white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting 蒙 恬 Méng Tián Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 / and building the great wall 团 队 建 设 tuán duì jiàn shè team building 基 本 单 位 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block 板 楼 bǎn lóu slab type building 始 建 shǐ jiàn to start building 正 房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife 基 坑 jī kēng foundation groove / trench for building foundation 垮 塌 kuǎ tā to collapse (of building, dam or bridge) 动 土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building 活 动 房 huó dòng fáng prefabricated building / prefab 楼 宇 自 动 化 lóu yǔ zì dòng huà building automation 炒 地 皮 chǎo dì pí to speculate in building land 怀 仁 堂 Huái rén táng Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP 楼 house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 址 foundation of a building (variant of 址[zhi3]) / islet (variant of 沚[zhi3]) 厦 tall building / mansion / rear annex / lean-to / also pr. [xia4] 燕 雀 相 贺 yàn què xiàng hè lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom) / fig. to congratulate sb on completion of a building project / congratulations on your new house! 华 屋 丘 墟 huá wū qiū xū magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom) / fig. all one's plans in ruins 云 窗 雾 槛 yún chuāng wù kǎn cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom) / tall building with the windows in the clouds 救 人 一 命 胜 造 七 级 浮 屠 jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom) 添 砖 加 瓦 tiān zhuān jiā wǎ lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help 高 楼 大 厦 gāo lóu dà shà tall building 危 楼 wēi lóu dangerous housing / building that is about to collapse 天 梯 tiān tī stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator 红 堡 hóng bǎo Red Fort (historic building in Delhi, India) 活 动 房 屋 huó dòng fáng wū prefabricated building / prefab / mobile home / caravan / trailer 联 邦 大 楼 lián bāng dà lóu federal building 纽 约 帝 国 大 厦 Niǔ yuē Dì guó Dà shà Empire State Building 智 能 大 楼 zhì néng dà lóu intelligent building 克 尔 白 Kè ěr bái Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca 公 寓 大 楼 gōng yù dà lóu apartment building 周 文 王 Zhōu Wén wáng King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king 唐 楼 táng lóu tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China) 围 护 结 构 wéi hù jié gòu building envelope 在 桥 梁 工 地 上 zài qiáo liáng gōng dì shàng At the bridge building site, 1956 novel by Liu Binyan 劉賓雁|刘宾雁 多 层 大 厦 duō céng dà shà multistory building 封 顶 仪 式 fēng dǐng yí shì ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project) 建 屋 互 助 会 jiàn wū hù zhù huì building society (finance) 槺 empty space inside a building 欀 inner lining of wooden utensils / component beam used in building construction / species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old) 气 楼 qì lóu small ventilation tower on roof of building 清 拆 户 qīng chāi hù demolition of homes / to destroy homes (for new building projects) 疏 散 措 施 shū sàn cuò shī evacuation / measures to evacuate a building in an emergency
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