[compond with houses around courtyard] 北京传统的住宅形式,四边是房屋,中间是庭院
几家住一个四合院儿,难免有些磕碰。
With several families living in a siheyuan , minor squabbles are inevitable .
一位友善的妇女让我们走进了她在胡同里的家,这户人家占据了一座四合院的一边儿。
A kind woman let us enter her hutong home , which made up one side of a courtyard .