Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A walled enclosure of central Beijing, China, containing the palaces of 24 emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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- proper noun the palace of the
Qing Dynasty , which is preserved as a museum inBeijing ,China
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China
- noun the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
Etymologies
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Examples
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Eight thousand, seven hundred and seven rooms in 980 buildings make up the Chinese Imperial Palace, known as the Forbidden City.
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The emperor's palace -- what is called the Forbidden City -- sits at the center of Beijing, but the hutongs that once spidered out from it are vanishing, most of them bulldozed and replaced by concrete high-rises.
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After we had successes over the -- what is called the Forbidden City, the Hezbollah city in Beirut, where nobody could get in, not even government official of Lebanon.
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One of the principal reasons for Her Majesty's dislike to the Forbidden City was the mysteries which it contained, many of which she did not know of herself.
Two Years in the Forbidden City Princess Der Ling 1915
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One of the principal reasons for Her Majesty's dislike to the Forbidden City was the mysteries which it contained, many of which she did not know of herself.
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The towers on the corners of the wall of the Forbidden City are the same style of architecture as the small pavilion in the front court of this temple.
Court Life In China 1909
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The towers on the corners of the wall of the Forbidden City are the same style of architecture as the small pavilion in the front court of this temple.
Court Life in China Isaac Taylor Headland 1900
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Meanwhile, Kwan-yu was summoned to the Forbidden City, which is in the centre of Peking, and in which stands the Imperial palace.
A Chinese Wonder Book Norman Hinsdale Pitman 1900
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That is the former Imperial Palace, popularly known as the Forbidden City, from which twenty-four emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ruled China for some 500 years -- from1420 to 1911.
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That is the former Imperial Palace, popularly known as the Forbidden City, from which twenty-four emperors of the Ming and Qing
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