Forbidden City
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noun
a walled section of Peking (now Beijing), built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
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Origin of Forbidden City
First recorded in 1845–50
Words nearby Forbidden City
for better or for worse, forbid, forbiddance, forbidden, forbidden band, Forbidden City, forbidden fruit, forbidden transition, forbidding, forbore, forborne
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Forbidden City
noun the Forbidden City
Lhasa, Tibet: once famed for its inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
a walled section of Beijing, China, enclosing the Imperial Palace and associated buildings of the former Chinese Empire
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