紫禁城

Zǐjìnchéng
  1. the Forbidden City
  2. the Imperial Palace in Beijing
  3. same as 故宮 Gùgōng

CEDICT

Forbidden City

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 紫 zǐ
  1. purple
  2. violet
2 禁 jìn
  1. to prohibit
  2. to forbid
3 城 chéng
  1. city walls
  2. city
  3. town

classifiers: 座, 道, 個

Related entries

故宮 Gùgōng
  1. the Forbidden City
  2. abbr. for 故宮博物院 Gùgōng Bówùyuàn
贵族住在故宫的东边和西边。

Aristocrats lived to the east and west of the imperial palace.

Source: Tatoeba