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宫
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Definitions
- 1. palace
- 2. temple
- 3. castration (as corporal punishment)
- 4. first note in pentatonic scale
Words Containing 宫
imperial palace
contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
Miyazaki Hayao (1941-), Japanese director
palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
fibroid tumor of the uterus
see 十二宮|十二宫[shí èr gōng]
the Kremlin
Winter Palace (St Petersburg)
cesarean section
the Louvre, museum in Paris
Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic
pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
to snub
Kiichi Miyazawa (1919-2007), former Japanese prime minister
(in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor
cervix
name of a famous opera
lit. devils' castle
the Forbidden City
palace apartments
palace maid
Kung Pao Chicken
the Palace of Versailles, France
permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology
intrauterine device (IUD)
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing
(slang) to have served several sentences
Taoist temple
Jiugongshan town in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture-level city 咸寧|咸宁[xián níng], Hubei
palace
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor)
empress and imperial concubines or their residence
underground palace (as part of imperial tomb)
Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
cervix
Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[běn zhōu]
temporary imperial residence
modes of ancient Chinese music
imperial concubine or palace maid
intrauterine device (IUD)
imperial palace
Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan
Palais des Nations
imperial empress
Buckingham Palace
stir-fried diced pork
gecko; house lizard
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng]
Miyazaki prefecture in east Kyūshū 九州, Japan
uterus
court (of king or emperor)
Crown Prince's chambers
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
the Louvre
castration (archaic punishment)
the Palace of the Bogdo Khan in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
White House
cervical cancer
to enter the emperor's palace
pessary
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
lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)
Gyeongbokgung palace in central Seoul
Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅[mù zhà], Taipei
maze
detached palace
Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
house (astrology)
four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
Yonghe Temple
harem
sudoku (puzzle game)
Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei
The West Wing (US TV series)
birth by caesarean section
The Name of the Rose, 1986 movie based on the novel by Umberto Eco
Dianji Temple in Keelung, Taiwan
gong bao chicken
Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[xián níng], Hubei
to castrate oneself
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[bái yáng], Taurus 金牛[jìn niú], Gemini 雙子|双子[shuāng zǐ], Cancer 巨蟹[jù xiè], Leo 獅子|狮子[shī zǐ], Virgo 室女[shì nu:3], Libra 天秤[tiān chèng], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[tiān xiē], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[rén mǎ], Capricorn 摩羯[mó jié], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[bǎo píng], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[shuāng yú]
palace
cultural palace
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna
uterus
intrauterine device (IUD)
wall of the uterus
empress
Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei
Heian Jingū or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan
Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[běn zhōu]
to force the king or emperor to abdicate
Miyazaki Gorō (1967-), Japanese film director
Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[sūn wù kōng] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
The Crystal Palace