殿堂
diàntáng
palace hall; hall; highest realm of a field
Characters in this word
堂 táng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这部作品把民间叙事带入文学殿堂，改变了人们对口头传统的看法。 Zhè bù zuòpǐn bǎ mínjiān xùshì dài rù wénxué diàntáng, gǎibiàn le rénmen duì kǒutóu chuántǒng de kànfǎ. This work brought folk narrative into the hall of literature and changed people's view of oral tradition.
- 游客们走进宽大的殿堂，抬头看着高高的红柱子。 Yóukèmen zǒu jìn kuāndà de diàntáng, tái tóu kànzhe gāogāo de hóng zhùzi. The visitors walked into the spacious hall and looked up at the tall red pillars.
- 他一直梦想着走进音乐的殿堂。 Tā yìzhí mèngxiǎng zhe zǒu jìn yīnyuè de diàntáng. He has always dreamed of entering the temple of music.
Related words
- 宫殿 gōngdiàn palace
- 课堂 kètáng classroom
- 食堂 shítáng cafeteria
- 哄堂大笑 hōngtángdàxiào to burst into laughter; the whole room roars with laughter
- 礼堂 lǐtáng auditorium; assembly hall
- 堂 táng hall; main room; class/session; classifier for lessons
- 天堂 tiāntáng heaven; paradise
- 不动产 búdòngchǎn real estate; immovable property
- 房地产 fángdìchǎn real estate; property
- 基建 jījiàn infrastructure construction; capital construction
- 封顶 fēngdǐng to top out; to set an upper limit
- 根基 gēnjī foundation; basis