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Starting into the first part of lesson 4, we were learning about schools. The first term we saw was kindergarten. 幼儿 means young child, while 园 is an enclosed place normally for specific activity, like garden, 花园. So here, kindergarten means 幼儿园. After kindergarten, it's elementary school or primary school, which in Chinese we call 小学. First character 小 means small, while second character 学, as we mentioned earlier, means study. But in this case, 学 actually refers to 学校, which means school. So 小学 is elementary school. While there are many different educational systems in the world, in China, after 小学, it is normally junior high school, which we call 初中. First character 初 means begin or start, while 中 means middle. Just the character 中 means middle, but 中 here is implying for 中学, which means middle school. So 初中 is actually junior high school. And this is a period from grade 7, 8 to grade 9. 初中, junior high school. After grade 9, it is another 3 years of grade 10, 11, 12, which in China we call 高中, senior high school. First character 高 means high, and second character 中 again implies 中学, which means middle school. So 高中, senior high school. Another term one might be able to see in Chinese would be 中学. 中学 itself means middle school, but in Chinese it can sometimes refer to junior high, sometimes it refers to senior high. So in China, 中学 could be 初中 or 高中. But as we were just saying, since there are many educational systems in the world, so for example, in Quebec, the secondary school, which is from grade 7 to grade 11, is also called 中学, which is secondary school. 中学. And now another term which many might think corresponds to 小学, but actually means university. 大学. First character 大 means big, which is in fact the opposite meaning of 小, but 大学 here means university. And in China, just like in many other countries, it is a place where one gets the undergrad degree, master's and PhD degrees. 大学.