Definition

Examples

• 民国时期，很多城市都有救济院。
  Mínguó shíqī, hěn duō chéngshì dōu yǒu jiù jǐ.
  During the Republic of China period, many cities had poorhouses.
• 他小时候家里穷，曾在救济院住过几年。
  Tā xiǎoshíhou jiā lǐ qióng, céng zài jiù jǐ zhù guò jǐ nián.
  When he was young, his family was poor, and he lived in an almshouse for a few years.
• 那座救济院建于十九世纪末，现在成了博物馆。
  Nà zuò jiù jǐ jiàn yú shíjiǔ shìjì mò, xiànzài chéng le bówùguǎn.
  That poorhouse was built at the end of the 19th century and is now a museum.