屋

house / room / CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4]

person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse

corpse

to arrive / most / to / until

coffee house / café / CL:家[jia1]

roommate / to share a room

Nagoya, city in Japan

barbershop

magnificent residence / splendid house

magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins

the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2])

the roof of the world / usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]

to lie looking at the ceiling (in despair)

to stare at the ceiling in despair / to find no way out / nothing you can do about it / at the end of one's wits

lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book

lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow