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Chinese
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spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life |
palace; uterus
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| trad. (春宮)
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春
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宮
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| simp. (春宫)
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春
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宫
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Etymology
In ancient China, the crown prince's palace is in the east, which is associated with spring in Wu Xing. The sense “erotic drawing” is from the Song-dynasty 《春宮祕戲圖》.
Pronunciation
Noun
春宮
- (literary) crown prince's palace
- (literary, metonymically) crown prince
- erotic drawing; erotic scene
- (historical) palace of Qingdi (青帝, god of spring in Chinese legendaries)
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Proper noun
春宮
- (historical) A palace in the Zhou dynasty.