餐厅 餐廳 cān tīng dining hall / dining room / restaurant / CL:間|间[jian1],家[jia1] syn 大厅 大廳 dà tīng hall / concourse / public lounge / (hotel) lobby syn 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 入口 rù kǒu entrance / to import syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 录取 錄取 lù qǔ to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate) syn 出入 chū rù to go out and come in / entrance and exit / expenditure and income / discrepancy / inconsistent syn 舞厅 舞廳 wǔ tīng dance hall / ballroom / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 市政厅 市政廳 shì zhèng tīng city hall 进口 進口 jìn kǒu to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc) syn 单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase 市政府 shì zhèng fǔ city hall / city government 包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn 食堂 shí táng dining hall / cafeteria / CL:個|个[ge4],間|间[jian1] syn 礼堂 禮堂 lǐ táng assembly hall / auditorium / CL:座[zuo4] 正门 正門 zhèng mén main entrance / main gate / portal 洞口 dòng kǒu cave mouth / tunnel entrance 殿堂 diàn táng palace / hall / temple buildings syn 入门 入門 rù mén entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject / introduction (to a subject) / (attributive) entry-level 纪念馆 紀念館 jì niàn guǎn memorial hall / commemorative museum 考上 kǎo shàng to pass a university entrance exam 必经 必經 bì jīng unavoidable / the only (road, entrance etc) 高考 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试) 音乐厅 音樂廳 yīn yuè tīng concert hall / auditorium 饭厅 飯廳 fàn tīng dining room / dining hall / mess hall syn 飞贼 飛賊 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder syn 会堂 會堂 huì táng meeting hall / assembly hall 霍尔 霍爾 huò ěr Hall (name) 舞场 舞場 wǔ chǎng dance hall syn 宴会厅 宴會廳 yàn huì tīng ballroom / banqueting hall syn 纪念堂 紀念堂 jì niàn táng memorial hall / mausoleum 展览馆 展覽館 zhǎn lǎn guǎn exhibition hall 展馆 展館 zhǎn guǎn exhibition hall / (expo) pavilion 状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 会馆 會館 huì guǎn provincial or county guild hall syn 歌厅 歌廳 gē tīng karaoke hall / singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs) 公堂 gōng táng law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家[jia1] syn 会议厅 會議廳 huì yì tīng conference hall 济济一堂 濟濟一堂 jǐ jǐ yī táng to congregate in one hall (idiom) / to gather under one roof syn 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall / memorial hall syn 饭堂 飯堂 fàn táng dining hall / canteen / cafeteria syn 灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall / funeral hall 进深 進深 jìn shēn (of a house or room) distance from the entrance to the rear / depth syn 天安门 天安門 tiān ān mén Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing 考入 kǎo rù to pass entrance exam / to enter college after a competitive exam 厅堂 廳堂 tīng táng hall syn 讲堂 講堂 jiǎng táng lecture hall / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] syn 考取 kǎo qǔ to pass an entrance exam / to be admitted to syn 正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 门首 門首 mén shǒu doorway / gate / entrance 考研 kǎo yán to sit an entrance exam for a graduate program 招考 zhāo kǎo to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old) 联考 聯考 lián kǎo entrance examination 人民大会堂 人民大會堂 rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing) 攻入 gōng rù to force entrance into / to score a goal (sport) 宝殿 寶殿 bǎo diàn king's palace / throne hall 换证 換證 huàn zhèng to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance 楹联 楹聯 yíng lián couplet (hung on the columns of a hall) syn 北京人民大会堂 北京人民大會堂 běi jīng rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People in Beijing 大会堂 大會堂 dà huì táng General Assembly Hall syn 禅院 禪院 chán yuàn Buddhist hall 高堂 gāo táng main hall / honorific for one's parents (old) 石狮子 石獅子 shí shī zi guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc 保研 bǎo yán to recommend sb for postgraduate studies / to admit for postgraduate studies without taking the entrance exam 过堂 過堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall syn 影壁 yǐng bì spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture) syn 招财猫 招財貓 zhāo cái māo maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune 太和殿 tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2] 中正纪念堂 中正紀念堂 zhōng zhèng jì niàn táng Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei 瓮城 甕城 wèng chéng enceinte of a city gate / barbican entrance to a city 萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture syn 考 kǎo to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father syn 庭 tíng main hall / front courtyard / law court syn 堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 厅 廳 tīng (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department syn 㝉 宁 zhù to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen 庙 廟 miào temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial syn 殿 diàn palace hall syn 吃闭门羹 吃閉門羹 chī bì mén gēng to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed syn 不登大雅之堂 bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined 怀仁堂 懷仁堂 huái rén táng Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP 庑 廡 wǔ small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda 祧 tiāo ancestral hall 寿堂 壽堂 shòu táng mourning hall / a hall for a birthday celebration 开堂 開堂 kāi táng to open a law court / to set up a mourning hall 宾客盈门 賓客盈門 bīn kè yíng mén guests filled the hall (idiom) / a house full of distinguished visitors 金玉满堂 金玉滿堂 jīn yù mǎn táng lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge syn Rubb Hall 塑料大棚 Rubb Hall sù liào dài péng Rubb Hall 白虎观 白虎觀 bái hǔ guàn White Tiger Hall, a Han dynasty palace hall in which the famous Virtuous Discussions Held in White Tiger Hall 白虎通德論|白虎通德论 were held under the aegis of Han Emperor Zhang 漢章帝|汉章帝 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試 pǔ tōng gāo děng xué xiào zhāo shēng quán guó tǒng yī kǎo shì NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) / usually abbr. to 高考[gao1 kao3] 大雄宝殿 大雄寶殿 dà xióng bǎo diàn Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄[da4 xiong2] 统一招生 統一招生 tǒng yī zhāo shēng national unified entrance exam 出入门 出入門 chū rù mén entrance and exit door 会门 會門 huì mén main entrance / secret society 朝门 朝門 cháo mén entrance portal (to a palace) / propylaeum 邃户 邃戶 suì hù forbidding entrance to a large, quiet house 