椭圆形办公室

橢圓形辦公室

Tuǒyuánxíng Bàngōngshì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Oval Office, the US president's office in the White House

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

美国总统在椭圆形办公室里办公。

Měiguó zǒngtǒng zài Tuǒyuánxíng Bàngōngshì lǐ bàngōng.

The US president works in the Oval Office.

HSK 7-9

总统在椭圆形办公室接见了外国领导人。

Zǒngtǒng zài Tuǒyuánxíng Bàngōngshì jiējiàn le wàiguó lǐngdǎorén.

The president received the foreign leader in the Oval Office.

Tips

usage

As in English, the name often stands for the presidency itself. Word for word it is 椭圆形 "oval" plus 办公室 "office".

history

The first Oval Office was built in 1909 for President Taft; the room in use today, in the West Wing, dates from 1934.

Stroke Order

椭 tuǒ

圆 yuán

形 xíng

办 bàn

公 gōng

室 shì