岗楼
gǎng lòu
Pinyin

Definition

岗楼
 - 
gǎng lòu
  1. watchtower
  2. observation tower
  3. police booth

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

岗位
gǎng wèi
  1. 1 a post
  2. 2 a job
楼
Lóu
  1. 1 surname Lou
楼下
lóu xià
  1. 1 downstairs
楼梯
lóu tī
  1. 1 stair
  2. 2 staircase
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
红楼梦
Hóng lóu Mèng
  1. 1 A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cáo Xuě qín], one of the four great novels
上岗
shàng gǎng
  1. 1 to take up one's post
  2. 2 to be given a job
上楼
shàng lóu
  1. 1 to go upstairs
下岗
xià gǎng
  1. 1 to come off sentry duty
  2. 2 to lay off (a worker)
  3. 3 laid-off
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
候机楼
hòu jī lóu
  1. 1 airport terminal
土楼
tǔ lóu
  1. 1 traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multi-story circular structure built around a central shrine
城楼
chéng lóu
  1. 1 city gate tower
大楼
dà lóu
  1. 1 building (a relatively large, multi-storey one)
  2. 2 CL:幢[zhuàng],座[zuò]
宿舍楼
sù shè lóu
  1. 1 dormitory building
  2. 2 CL:幢[zhuàng],座[zuò]
写字楼
xiě zì lóu
  1. 1 office building
教学楼
jiào xué lóu
  1. 1 teaching block
  2. 2 school building
更上一层楼
gèng shàng yī céng lóu
  1. 1 to take it up a notch
  2. 2 to bring it up a level
楼上
lóu shàng
  1. 1 upstairs
楼主
lóu zhǔ
  1. 1 original poster (in an online forum)
  2. 2 landlord of a building (traditional)
楼层
lóu céng
  1. 1 story
  2. 2 floor

Idioms (7)

人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
明岗暗哨
míng gǎng àn shào
  1. 1 both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
琼楼玉宇
qióng lóu yù yǔ
  1. 1 bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé
  1. 1 pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
  2. 2 castles in Spain
  3. 3 imaginary future plans
万丈高楼平地起
wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ
  1. 1 towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
  2. 2 great oaks from little acorns grow
近水楼台
jìn shuǐ lóu tái
  1. 1 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
近水楼台先得月
jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè
  1. 1 the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from intimacy with an influential person

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