白厅 (Bái tīng) — Whitehall (street and area in London, metonym for the British government)
Definition
白厅 (Bái Tīng) is London's Whitehall — both the street of government buildings and, as a metonym, the British government itself (similar to how 'Washington' can mean the US government).
noun
Whitehall (street and area in London, metonym for the British government)
Examples
- 白厅。Bái tīng Shì yīng guó zhèng fǔ de zhòng yào xiàng zhēng.Whitehall is an important symbol of the British government.
- 白厅。Tā céng zài Bái tīng gōng zuò duō nián.He worked in Whitehall for many years.
- 白厅。Bái tīng De jué cè yǐng xiǎng zhe zhěng gè guó jiā.Decisions from Whitehall affect the entire country.
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