冷宫

冷宫
lěnggōng

(in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor

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MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor

    • She was cast into the cold palace by the emperor.

  2. noun

    (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor

    • He was locked away in the cold palace.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A command from ice and snow emanates to make everything cold and desolate.

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