牌坊 páifāng

páifāng noun memorial arch
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '牌坊')

Contained in

• 又想当婊子又想立牌坊(又想當婊子又想立牌坊) to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity; to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
• 贞节牌坊(貞節牌坊) a memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第九十六回 Chapter 96 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 41 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 18 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 120 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 卷六十 志第三十六 禮十四 Volume 60 Treatises 36: Rites 14 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 第九十回 Chapter 90 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 卷四十七 志第二十三 禮一 Volume 47 Treatises 23: Rites 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 116 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第四十回 Chapter 40 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 第一百三回 Chapter 103 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1

Collocations

• 石牌坊 (石牌坊) 門外石牌坊一 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六十 志第三十六 禮十四 Volume 60 Treatises 36: Rites 14 — count: 4
• 过牌坊 (過牌坊) 轉過牌坊 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 5 — count: 3
• 牌坊银子 (牌坊銀子) 牌坊銀子在司裏 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第四十回 Chapter 40 — count: 2