上房 (shǎng) — main rooms (in a traditional courtyard house); (historical) wife (as opposed to concubines)
Definition
Two distinct senses, both archaic/literary: (1) the main rooms of a traditional siheyuan courtyard house, where the head of the household lived; (2) historically, the principal wife (正妻), as opposed to concubines.
noun
main rooms (in a traditional courtyard house)(historical) wife (as opposed to concubines)
Examples
- 上房。Zhè dòng sì hé yuàn de shǎng shì zhǔ rén zhù de dì fāng.The main rooms of this courtyard house are where the owner lives.
- ，上房。Zài gǔ dài, shǎng tōng cháng liú gěi zhǎng bèi jū zhù.In ancient times, the main rooms were usually reserved for elders.
- ，上房。Xiǎo shuō lǐ tí dào, zhè wèi shǎng chū shēn míng mén.The novel mentions that this wife came from a distinguished family.
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