太平间 (tài píng jiān) — mortuary; morgue (in a hospital)
Definizione
The morgue or mortuary inside a hospital where bodies are kept before burial or identification. The 间 marks it as a room (measure word 间, 停尸房 is a blunter spoken alternative).
noun
mortuarymorgue (in a hospital)
Classificatore · 间
Esempi
- 太平间。Jiā shǔ zài tài píng jiān lǐ què rèn le yí tǐ.The family confirmed the body in the mortuary.
- 太平间。Yī yuàn de tài píng jiān zài dì xià yī céng.The hospital's mortuary is on the first basement level.
- 太平间。Nà jù wú míng shī tǐ bèi zàn shí cún fàng zài tài píng jiān.That unidentified corpse was temporarily stored in the morgue.
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