miào

temple

ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial

broad hall (广) + origin (由) = temple, the house of origins

广 evokes a broad open structure — a roof or hall. 由 here suggests the origin or source, pointing to a place where ancestors or spirits are the root cause of the building's existence.

广+
广A wide-roofed structureSemantic
OriginSemantic

山上有一座小,很多人去那里拜神。

shān shàng yǒu yī zuò xiǎo miào, hěn duō rén qù nà lǐ bài shén。

There is a small temple on the mountain; many people go there to worship.

每年春节,村里的都会举办热闹的庙会。

měi nián chūn jié, cūn lǐ de miào dōu huì jǔ bàn rè nào de miào huì。

Every year during the Spring Festival, the temple in the village holds a lively temple fair.

Words with 庙

廊庙

láng miào

imperial court

关庙

guān miào

Guanmiao, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan

伊瑞克提翁庙

yī ruì kè tí wēng miào

the Erechteum, Athens

喇嘛庙

lǎ ma miào

lamasery

大水冲了龙王庙

dà shuǐ chōng le lóng wáng miào

lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)

娘娘庙

niáng niáng miào

temple of Goddess of Fertility

孔庙

kǒng miào

Confucian temple

宗庙

zōng miào

temple

宁拆十座庙,不毁一桩婚

nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn

rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)

寺庙

sì miào

temple

岱庙

dài miào

Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai

帕台农神庙

pà tái nóng shén miào

Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens

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