小黑屋

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Chinese

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.) house; room
simp. and trad.
(小黑屋)

Pronunciation


Noun

小黑屋

  1. (often humorous) a “small black room” where one is confined (in order to reflect on their wrongdoing, etc.)
  2. (slang) a room for secondary inspection and questioning at a port of entry
  3. (American (1980–), slang) a real-estate property that is overpriced, aging and in bad condition