巢居 cháojū
edition published: 2021-03-12
language: en; zh-latn-pinyin; zh-latn-pinyin-nt; zh-latn-wadegile; zh-Hant; zh-Hans
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chaoju 巢居 巢居 cháojū ch'ao-chü[^1] [穴處 xuéchù (cave dwelling)] [...] accessed March 11, 2021 [...] 38 https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000135

[^1: literally: "nest" "dwelling" (Kroll 2016, online edition); refers to an elevated residence made of timber where "ancient" people lived prior to the invention of buildings (Lunheng, “Jieshu”; Zhuangzi, “Daozhi”); pile or stilt dwelling (Guo 2002, 38)

指在建築發明以前，古代人們所居住的抬高的木構居所（論衡:詰術 ; 莊子:盜跖)]