Keywords: 四合院

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在中国各种不同的传统民居中，四合院(quadrangle)是最典型和最具代表性的一种建筑。
The quadrangle is one of the most typical and 代表性 buildings in China's different various traditional 民居.
The quadrangle is the most typical and representative building among various traditional Chinese residences.

其不论规模大小，都由四面房屋及其围合的庭院组成。
It consists of 4 walls in different directions and the yard made by the walls, no matter how large the size is.
Quadrangles, large or small, consist of courtyards surrounded by houses along their four sides.

坐北朝南的房屋称为正房(main house)，东西两边的称为厢房(side house)，南房称为倒座房(reversely-set house)。
The house facing to south is called main house. The western and the eastern ones are called side houses. And the southern one is named reversely-set house.
The house on the north facing the south is called the main house or principal house, the house lies on the east or west sides is called the side house or wing house and the one stands on the south is called the reversely-set house.

贵族或富有人家往往还有走廊把正房和厢房连接起来。
The royalty or the rich tend to build a 走廊 to connect the main house to the side houses.
The main house and the side houses of the nobles or the rich are often connected together by corridors.

四合院里的生活从容、宁静，却又其乐融融。
The life in the quadrangle is quiet but full of fun.
Life in a quadrangle is calm and quiet, but not without joy and harmony.

四合院一定程度上体现着社会的等级(hierachical)秩序和家庭的尊卑观念。
The quadrangle to some degree shows the hierachical 秩序 and the 尊卑 opinion of the family.
The quadrangle reflects to some extent the hierarchical order of the society and the concept of superiority and inferiority in the family.

四合院历史悠久，蕴含着深刻的文化内涵(connotation)，是中国传统文化的载体。
The quadrangle has a long history and contains deep cultural connotation, which is the 载体 of Chinese traditional culture.
The time-honored quadrangle is a carrier of Chinese traditional culture with profound cultural connotations.