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surname Gong
palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
maze; labyrinth
uterus; womb
imperial palace
imperial palace
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]
the Kremlin
to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail
the Louvre, museum in Paris
harem; chambers of imperial concubines
empress and imperial concubines or their residence
Winter Palace (St Petersburg); Hermitage Museum
(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
two-character surname Nangong; see 南宮市|南宫市[Nan2 gong1 Shi4]
underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program
gecko; house lizard
the Forbidden City; abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gu4 gong1 Bo2 wu4 yuan4]
former imperial palace
Crown Prince's chambers; by extension, the Crown Prince; erotic picture
Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
(Shinto) shrine of especially high status (esp. an imperial shrine, e.g. Ise Grand Shrine)
detached palace; imperial villa
uterus; womb
to castrate oneself
temporary imperial residence
to force the king or emperor to abdicate
lit. devils' castle; place occupied by sinister forces
palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
Palais des Nations
name of a famous opera; (slang) to go to jail for a second offense
(slang) to have served several sentences; recidivist; old lag
Dianji Temple in Keelung, Taiwan
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅[Mu4 zha4], Taipei
cultural palace
Gyeongbokgung palace in central Seoul
The Crystal Palace
palace of Jade emperor (in Taoism)
the Louvre, museum in Paris (Tw)
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; also pr. [E1fang2 Gong1]
Yonghe Temple; Lama Temple (Beijing)
the Palace of Versailles, France
Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
Heian Jingū or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan
(idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history