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Temple of Heaven

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A religious complex in southeastern Beijing, formerly important to Chinese imperial rituals; the present-day park surrounding and preserving the site.
  2. The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the largest building in the complex, commonly confused as its focus.

Equivalents

PortuguêsTemplo do Céu
4 more languages
日本語天壇
한국어천단
Tiếng ViệtThiên Đàn

Examples

Jonah Byrde: Y'know, in third grade, we learned about the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. There are like 600 acres and on the grounds there's this building called the Hall for Prayer for Good Harvests. It's circled by this thing called the Echo Wall. Wendy Byrde: Ok, ok. Jonah Byrde: You can go there and even when people are whispering you just hear the same things repeated over and over and over. Wendy Byrde: Ok, enough. You wanna be a smartass? You want to hate me? Fine.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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