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Noun
廳堂
- hall (for holding meetings, concerts, receiving guests, etc.)
兄弟旦則聚於廳堂,終日相對,未曾入內。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
兄弟旦则聚于厅堂,终日相对,未曾入内。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE
- Xiōngdì dàn zé jù yú tīngtáng, zhōngrì xiàngduì, wèicéng rùnèi. [Pinyin]
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門內大天井,上面一所大廳堂。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
门内大天井,上面一所大厅堂。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I
- Mén nèi dà tiānjǐng, shàngmiàn yī suǒ dà tīngtáng. [Pinyin]
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- department in a large government organization (such as a ministry); office
- government department at a provincial level
References
- “Entry #53765”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.