"Houses" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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民居 mín jū houses / homes
万户 wàn hù ten thousand houses or households
富丽堂皇 fù lì táng huáng (of houses etc) sumptuous (idiom)
采花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
所 suǒ actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL:個|个[ge4]
里弄 lǐ lòng lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
稳如泰山 wěn rú Tài Shān steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses
栋 dòng classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)
美轮美奂 měi lún měi huàn (of houses, scenery etc) magnificent (idiom)
三瓦两舍 sān wǎ liǎng shè places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc)
安如磐石 ān rú pán shí as solid as rock (idiom) / as sure as houses
参两院 cān liǎng yuàn both houses of US Congress
国际贸易行协会联合会  Confederation of International Trading Houses Associations
书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉 shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
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