cửa cấm lầu son
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Meaning · English
A place where one is not welcome or allowed to enter
Literally: forbidden door, vermillion tower
Examples
Anh ấy đến nhà cô ấy nhưng bị từ chối vì đó là cửa cấm lầu sonHe went to her house but was rejected because it was a forbidden place
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “cửa cấm lầu son” mean?
A place where one is not welcome or allowed to enter Literally: forbidden door, vermillion tower
Is “cửa cấm lầu son” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.