四大书院

四大書院

sìdà shūyuàn

noun

Meanings

1 the Four Great Academies of the Song dynasty

Characters

courtyard, institution

Examples

HSK 3

四大书院里，朱熹在白鹿洞书院和岳麓书院都讲过学。

Sìdà shūyuàn lǐ, Zhū Xī zài Báilùdòng Shūyuàn hé Yuèlù Shūyuàn dōu jiǎng guo xué.

Of the Four Great Academies, Zhu Xi lectured at both White Deer Grotto and Yuelu.

HSK 7-9

长沙的岳麓书院是四大书院之一。

Chángshā de Yuèlù Shūyuàn shì sìdà shūyuàn zhīyī.

Yuelu Academy in Changsha is one of the Four Great Academies.

Tips

culture

The usual list is 白鹿洞书院 at Mount Lu in Jiangxi, 岳麓书院 in Changsha, and 嵩阳书院 and 应天书院 in Henan. Some lists put 石鼓书院 in Hengyang in place of one of them.

Stroke Order

四 sì

大 dà

书 shū

院 yuàn