gōng​yè

palace apartments

  • created sense approved 宫掖/宮掖 · gōng​yè · palace apartments — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宫掖 / 宮掖

    gōng​yè

    palace apartments

    (literary) rooms or side-palaces where the emperor's consorts lived; specifically the inner chambers of the imperial palace

    宫 (literal) → 宫/宮 · gōng · palace 掖 (literal) → 掖 · yè · side

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 宫掖/宮掖 · gōng​yè · imperial concubines — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宫掖 / 宮掖

    gōng​yè

    imperial concubines

    imperial consorts or concubines collectively (by extension from the places where they lived)

    宫 (literal) → 宫/宮 · gōng · palace 掖 (literal) → 掖 · yè · side

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense