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  *宫* | 宫* | *宫
palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale
HSK 6
the Kremlin
cultural palace
name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense
uterus / womb
Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宫* | 宫* | *宫
surname Gong
harem / chambers of imperial concubines
imperial palace
HSK 7-9
the Louvre, museum in Paris
Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
the Palace of Versailles, France
empress and imperial concubines or their residence
imperial palace
(in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor
the Forbidden City / abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院
former imperial palace
White House
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
the Louvre, museum in Paris (Tw)
Winter Palace (St Petersburg) / Hermitage Museum
Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1625-1644), a secondary palace in subsequent years, now a museum
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊, Taurus 金牛, Gemini 雙子|双子, Cancer 巨蟹, Leo 獅子|狮子, Virgo 室女, Libra 天秤, Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎, Sagittarius 人馬|人马, Capricorn 摩羯, Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶, Pisces 雙魚|双鱼
Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
Buckingham Palace
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 / also pr. [E1fang2 Gong1]
Heian Jingū or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan
to enter the emperor's palace / (slang) to go to jail
Yonghe Temple / Lama Temple (Beijing)
two-character surname Nangong / see 南宮市|南宫市
Gyeongbokgung palace in central Seoul
(slang) to have served several sentences; recidivist; old lag
Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic
Palais des Nations
to force the king or emperor to abdicate
Crown Prince's chambers / by extension, the Crown Prince / erotic picture
maze / labyrinth
The Crystal Palace
the Louvre
uterus; womb
underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology
the Palace of the Bogdo Khan in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna
Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅, Taipei
Dianji Temple in Keelung, Taiwan
(idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history
gecko; house lizard
temporary imperial residence
detached palace / imperial villa
palace of Jade emperor (in Taoism)
lit. devils' castle / place occupied by sinister forces
to castrate oneself


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