diàn
inn
shop
store
CL:家[jia1]
kè zhàn
tavern
guest house
inn
hotel
jī
bridle
halter
to restrain
to detain
to lodge
inn
mǎ diàn
inn that also provides facilities for visitors' horses
hēi diàn
lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)
fig. a scam
protection racket
daylight robbery
kāi hēi diàn
lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)
fig. to carry out a scam
to run a protection racket
daylight robbery
jī máo diàn
a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on
qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn
lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
to be in a predicament
xī jiān
(literary) to put down one's burden
to rest
to stay (at an inn etc)