大教堂

cathedral

Characters and words in 大教堂

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

教

jiào = ji + ao4

surname Jiao

教

jia̅o = ji + ao1

to teach

教

jiào = ji + ao4

religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell

教 = 孝 + 攵 : Joan of Arc joined an apocalyptic religious sect that taught her to dig her own grave. Wearing a mourning veil, she breaks the floor of the aorta's bathroom open using a sledgehammer.

教

jiào

堂

táng

church / chapel / CL:間|间[jian1]

堂

táng = t + ang2

(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

堂 = 尚 + 土 : Tecumseh (t) is queuing at the canteen (堂) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). He sees how the Buddhist monk (尚) in front of him just gets a pile of earth (土) and is suddenly afraid of the food he will get.