上议院 (shàng yì yuàn) — upper house; Senate

Definition

The upper chamber of a bicameral legislature, contrasted with 下议院 (lower house). In the U.S. context it is the Senate; in the U.K. it is the House of Lords.

noun

upper houseSenate

Examples

上议院。
Zhè ge guó jiā de shàng yì yuàn yóu xuǎn jǔ chǎn shēng.
The upper house of this country is elected.
上议院。
shàng yì yuàn De yì yuán rèn qī liù nián.
Senators in the upper house serve six-year terms.
上议院。
Tā céng jīng zài shàng yì yuàn gōng zuò guò.
He once worked in the upper house.

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