冷宫 (冷宮) lěnggōng
lěnggōng
noun
(in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; the doghouse
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '冷宮')
Contained in
- 打入冷宫(打入冷宮) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1