surname Gong

palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale

palace; CL:座[zuo4]

maze; labyrinth

uterus; womb

imperial palace

court (of king or emperor)

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

Miyagi (prefecture in Japan)

to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail

the Louvre, museum in Paris

harem; chambers of imperial concubines

palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4]

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

imperial empress; milady

imperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old)

house (astrology)

castration (archaic punishment)

(Japanese surname) Miyazaki; Miyazaki (prefecture and city in Japan)

palace apartments

Miyamoto (Japanese surname)

contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)

Taoist temple

modes of ancient Chinese music

palace

cervix; the neck of the uterus

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

Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei

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