房前屋後

简 房前屋后 · 繁 房前屋後
Mandarin · pinyin fáng qián wū hòu

Meanings

  1. (idiom) the area around one's house
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房
fáng · house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
前
qián · in front, forward; preceding
屋
wū · house; room; building, shelter
後
hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
后
hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
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2–2–1–4 · fang2 qian2 wu1 hou4

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