private home school; old-style family school
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Meanings
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private home school; family school (in former times)
archaicRefers to the traditional Chinese educational practice, common among wealthy families in imperial China, where a private tutor was hired to teach children at home rather than sending them to public or temple schools.
Tā他
xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
zài在
jiā家
shú塾
li里
dú读
shū书
，
hòu后
lái来
cái才
kǎo考
rù入
xīn新
shì式
xué学
táng堂
。
He studied in a private home school as a child, and later was admitted to a modern school.
Zhè这
jiā家
shú塾
de的
xiān先
sheng生
shì是
wèi位
bǎo饱
xué学
zhī之
shì士
，
jiāo教
chū出
de的
xué学
sheng生
dōu都
hěn很
yǒu有
chū出
xi息
。
The tutor of this home school was a learned scholar, and the students he taught all became quite successful.
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Jiù旧
shí时
de的
jiā家
shú塾
tōng通
cháng常
zhǐ只
shōu收
nán男
tóng童
，
nǚ女
zǐ子
hěn很
shǎo少
yǒu有
jī机
huì会
jiē接
shòu受
jiào教
yù育
。
Private home schools in old times usually only accepted boys, and girls rarely had opportunities to receive education.