lầu xanh

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Vietnamese

Etymology

lầu (multistory building) +‎ xanh (grue), calque of Chinese 青樓 / 青楼 (thanh lâu).

Pronunciation

Noun

lầu xanh (楼撑, 樓撑)

  1. (history, literary) a brothel