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紫禁城

Zǐ jìn chéng

3-character word

What 紫禁城 means

1. the Forbidden City
2. the Imperial Palace in Beijing
3. same as {故宫|Gù gōng}

The characters in 紫禁城

• 紫zǐpurple; violet
• 禁jìnto prohibit; to forbid
• 城chéngcity walls; city; town

Example sentences

• 明代十五世纪初紫禁城是北京的中心。
  Míngdài shíwǔ shìjì chū Zǐjìnchéng shì Běijīng de zhōngxīn.
  In the Ming Dynasty (early 15th century) the centre of Beijing was the Forbidden City.

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