school; old term for school
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
school
dialectA dialectal or old-fashioned term for 'school', still used in some Southern Chinese dialects and in historical contexts. It evokes a traditional image of a place of learning.
Tā他
xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
shì是
zài在
xiāng乡
xia下
de的
lǎo老
xué学
táng堂
lǐ里
dú读
shū书
de的
。
He studied in an old village school when he was a child.
Zhè这
jiā家
sī私
shú塾
yǐ已
jīng经
gǎi改
jiàn建
chéng成
le了
yī一
zuò座
xiàn现
dài代
xué学
táng堂
。
This private school has been renovated into a modern school.
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Xué学
táng堂
lǐ里
chuán传
lái来
lǎng朗
lǎng朗
de的
dú读
shū书
shēng声
。
The sound of reading aloud came from the school.