Definition
藏书楼 refers to a building (often historical) used to store a collection of books, similar to a library but often with connotations of private or imperial collections in pre-modern China. It is a formal term; the everyday word for 'library' is 图书馆.
p.w.
library (especially a classical Chinese or private book collection building)
Examples
- 藏书楼，。Zhè zuò cáng jiàn yú Míngcháo, shōucáng le xǔduō zhēnguì gǔjí.This library was built in the Ming dynasty and houses many precious ancient books.
- 藏书楼。Tā měitiān xiàwǔ dōu huì qù cáng dúshū.He goes to the library every afternoon to read.
- 藏书楼，。Nà zuò cáng de cángshū liàng fēicháng dà, xīyǐn le zhòngduō xuézhě.The collection of that library is enormous, attracting many scholars.
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