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东首联厢房

English translation: The building connects to its wing on the east end.

12:00 Oct 18, 2013
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Architecture
Chinese term or phrase: 东首联厢房
其后女厅名“撷绣楼”，为晚清著名文人俞樾所书，楼二层，面阔六间，明五暗一。{东首联厢房。}
Simin Tan
Local time: 13:45
English translation:The building connects to its wing on the east end.
Explanation:
To my understanding, it's 楼的东端与旁边的厢房相连。
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Wallace Gu
China
Local time: 13:45
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2The building connects to its wing on the east end.
Wallace Gu
3The eastern end connects to the building running along the east of the courtyard
Phil Hand


  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
The building connects to its wing on the east end.


Explanation:
To my understanding, it's 楼的东端与旁边的厢房相连。

Wallace Gu
China
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MY Lim: Yes. Or in other words, “the east end of the building adjoins to the wing room.”
18 hrs
agree  Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL: Yes, and I agree with Sharon Lim as well. "首" here refers to 'end'.
20 hrs
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The eastern end connects to the building running along the east of the courtyard


Explanation:
I don't think "wing" is easily understood here, so this makes clearer what the 厢房 is.

Phil Hand
China
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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