bond (in building)

building block

course (i.e. building layer)

variant of 切末[qie4 mo5]

to lay bricks; bricklaying

lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rhetoric

to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones

to pave

(lit.) carved railings and jade steps (idiom); (fig.) richly ornamented (building)