horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges
unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay
ancient architecture (abbr. for 古代建築|古代建筑[gu3 dai4 jian4 zhu4])
The four tones
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