勾栏 gōulán carved balustrade Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 勾栏 勾欄 gōulán carved balustrade (literary) a carved wooden balustrade or railing theater a theater or amusement center during the Song and Yuan dynasties, originally named for the railings used to mark off the performance area brothel a house of prostitution; brothel Frequency Written text 0.115 per million Cross-References Variant of 勾阑 gōulán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
勾栏 勾欄 gōulán carved balustrade (literary) a carved wooden balustrade or railing theater a theater or amusement center during the Song and Yuan dynasties, originally named for the railings used to mark off the performance area brothel a house of prostitution; brothel Frequency Written text 0.115 per million Cross-References Variant of 勾阑 gōulán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)