old-style private elementary school
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Meanings
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old-style private elementary school for children's rudimentary education
archaicHistorical term referring to traditional private schools in pre-modern China where young boys would learn basic literacy and Confucian classics. Typically served children aged 6-12.
Tā他
qī七
suì岁
shí时
bèi被
sòng送
jìn进
xiāng乡
jiān间
de的
méng蒙
guǎn馆
dú读
shū书
。
He was sent to a village old-style private school to study when he was seven years old.
Zài在
gǔ古
dài代
，
méng蒙
guǎn馆
shì是
ér儿
tóng童
jiē接
shòu受
jiào教
yù育
de的
dì第
yī一
bù步
。
In ancient times, the old-style elementary school was the first step in a child's education.
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Xǔ许
duō多
lì历
shǐ史
rén人
wù物
dōu都
céng曾
jiù就
dú读
yú于
méng蒙
guǎn馆
。
Many historical figures once studied at old-style private elementary schools.