堂

(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

still / yet / to value / to esteem

bright / clear

(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old) / having things decided by the will of a single individual / autocratic rule / (contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2])

lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom) / fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven

lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei

cathedral

very bright / well-lit

the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing)

heaven on Earth / nickname for the city Suzhou

three generations under one roof