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冷宮

简冷宫 · 繁冷宮

Mandarin · pinyin lěng gōng

(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

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冷: lěng · cold, cool; lonely
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宫: gōng · palace

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3–1 · leng3 gong1

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noun

(historical) Cold Palace, where disfavored queens and concubines were banished
(figurative) place for people or things that are out of favor or forgotten; limbo

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