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cloister; monastery (for monks); convent/nunnery (for nuns)

xiū dào yuàn

修 道 院

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n.cloister; monastery (for monks); convent/nunnery (for nuns)
- rù xiū dào yuàn
  入修道院
  enter a monastery
- nǚ xiū dào yuàn yuàn zhǎng
  女修道院院长
  the mother superior
- xiū dào yuàn de yōu jìng
  修道院的幽静。
  the calm of the cloister
- zhè zuò gǔ lǎo de xiū dào yuàn yáo yáo yù zhuì
  这座古老的修道院摇摇欲坠。
  The ancient abbey was in imminent danger of collapse.

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