楼阁
楼阁樓閣 lóu gé ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄜˊ lau4 gok3
- building
- pavilion
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
楼
- 上楼上樓 shàng lóu ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄡˊ soeng5 lau4 to go upstairs
- 下楼下樓 xià lóu ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄡˊ haa6 lau4 to go downstairs
- 大楼大樓 dà lóu ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄡˊ daai6 lau4 building (a relatively large, multistory one)
- 楼上樓上 lóu shàng ㄌㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ lau4 soeng6 upstairs
- 楼下樓下 lóu xià ㄌㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ lau4 haa6 downstairs
- 楼房樓房 lóu fáng ㄌㄡˊ ㄈㄤˊ lau4 fong4 a building of two or more stories
阁
- 内阁內閣 nèi gé ㄋㄟˋ ㄍㄜˊ noi6 gok3 (government) cabinet
- 亭阁亭閣 tíng gé ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄜˊ ting4 gok3 pavilion
- 出阁出閣 chū gé ㄔㄨ ㄍㄜˊ ceot1 gok3 (of a girl) to marry (literary)
- 剑阁劍閣 Jiàn gé ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄜˊ gim3 gok3 see 劍閣縣|剑阁县[Jian4 ge2 Xian4]
- 暖阁暖閣 nuǎn gé ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄍㄜˊ nyun5 gok3 warm room
- 栈阁棧閣 zhàn gé ㄓㄢˋ ㄍㄜˊ zaan6 gok3 plank road built along the side of a cliff
Idioms with these characters
- 海市蜃楼海市蜃樓 hǎi shì shèn lóu ㄏㄞˇ ㄕˋ ㄕㄣˋ ㄌㄡˊ hoi2 si5 san6 lau4 (idiom) (lit. and fig.) mirage
- 近水楼台近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄡˊ ㄊㄞˊ gan6 seoi2 lau4 toi4 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
- 空中楼阁空中樓閣 kōng zhōng lóu gé ㄎㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄜˊ hung1 zung1 lau4 gok3 pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
- 琼楼玉宇瓊樓玉宇 qióng lóu yù yǔ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄌㄡˊ ㄩˋ ㄩˇ king4 lau4 juk6 jyu5 bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
- 人去楼空人去樓空 rén qù lóu kōng ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄌㄡˊ ㄎㄨㄥ jan4 heoi3 lau4 hung1 lit. the occupants have gone and the place is now empty (idiom)