钟楼
zhōng lóu
Pinyin

Definition

钟楼
 - 
zhōng lóu
  1. bell tower
  2. campanile
  3. clock tower
  4. Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
钟楼
 - 
Zhōng lóu
  1. Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[Cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分钟
fēn zhōng
  1. 1 minute
楼
Lóu
  1. 1 surname Lou
楼下
lóu xià
  1. 1 downstairs
钟
zhōng
  1. 1 clock
  2. 2 o'clock
  3. 3 time as measured in hours and minutes
  4. 4 bell
  5. 5 CL:架[jià],座[zuò]
闹钟
nào zhōng
  1. 1 alarm clock
上楼
shàng lóu
  1. 1 to go upstairs
大楼
dà lóu
  1. 1 building (a relatively large, multi-storey one)
  2. 2 CL:幢[zhuàng],座[zuò]
写字楼
xiě zì lóu
  1. 1 office building
时钟
shí zhōng
  1. 1 clock
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
楼层
lóu céng
  1. 1 story
  2. 2 floor
楼市
lóu shì
  1. 1 real estate market
楼房
lóu fáng
  1. 1 a building of two or more stories
  2. 2 CL:棟|栋[dòng],幢[zhuàng],座[zuò]
楼梯
lóu tī
  1. 1 stair
  2. 2 staircase
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
楼盘
lóu pán
  1. 1 building under construction
  2. 2 commercial property
  3. 3 real estate (for sale or rent)
楼道
lóu dào
  1. 1 corridor
  2. 2 passageway (in storied building)
楼顶
lóu dǐng
  1. 1 top of a building
生物钟
shēng wù zhōng
  1. 1 biological clock
秒钟
miǎo zhōng
  1. 1 (time) second

Idioms (12)

一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
  1. 1 love at first sight (idiom)
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
做一天和尚撞一天钟
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
  1. 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
  3. 3 to hold a position passively
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
  1. 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
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
台上一分钟，台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng
  1. 1 ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
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
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
  1. 1 lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  2. 2 good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

Sample Sentences

导游，我们什么时候去钟楼和鼓楼？
dǎoyóu ，wǒmen shénme shíhou qù Zhōnglóu hé gǔlóu ？
Tour guide, when are we going to the bell and drum towers?
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