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庙 (miào)
1. A house for worshiping ancestors.
(供奉祖先的房屋。)
Example: 家庙 (family temple). 宗庙 (ancestor worship temple). 太庙 (great ancestral temple).
2. A place for worshiping gods, Buddhas, or historically famous figures.
(供神佛或历史上有名人物的地方。)
Example: 孔庙 (Confucian temple). 岳庙 (temple dedicated to Yue Fei). 寺庙 (temple).
3. The front hall of a royal palace, generally referring to the court.
(王宫的前殿,泛指朝廷。)
Example: 庙堂 (court hall).
Basic Meaning: A shrine for worshiping and offering sacrifices to ancestors.
(【本义】:宗庙,供奉祭祀祖先的处所)
Character Construction: A phonetic-ideographic character formed from 广 (yǎn) indicating a building and the phonetic component.
(【造字法】:形声。从广( yǎn),朝声。“广”与建筑物有关。)
Synonyms:
1. Same as the basic meaning (En. temple)
(同本义 ([En.] temple))
2. An ancient place for worshiping gods or Buddhas (En. temple; shrine)
(古时供奉神佛的处所 ([En.] temple; shrine))
3. An ancient place for worshiping and sacrificing to historically famous figures (En. temple)
(古时供奉祭祀历史上有名人物的处所 ([En.] temple))
4. A synonym for the court (En. royal or imperial court)
(“朝廷”的代称 ([En.] royal or imperial court))
5. The front hall of the residence of ancient nobility; both the front hall of a palace and a temple are referred to as 庙 (En. hall)
(古代贵族住房的前厅,王宫和庙宇的前殿都称庙 ([En.] hall))
6. A term referring to a deceased emperor in the ancestral temple (En. deceased emperor)
(已死皇帝在宗庙中的称呼 ([En.] deceased emperor))
7. A temple fair (En. temple fair)
(庙会 ([En.] temple fair))
Verb Form:
1. To worship; to establish a temple to honor ancestors (En. worship)
(祭祀;立庙祭祖 ([En.] worship))