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四合院 sì hé yuàn 1. szu-ho-yuan; four-section compound; quadrangle; a compound with traditional Chinese houses of greybricks and tiles built around a courtyard; Chinese traditional rectangular courtyard; a courtyard with houses on four sides; a compound with houses around a courtyard
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