楼撑

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
楼撑

Noun

楼撑

  1. chữ Nôm form of lầu xanh (“(history, literary) a brothel”)
    • 1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, line 809:
      楼(lầu)撑(xanh)固(có)媒(mụ)秀(Tú)⿱𣲩女(bà)
      Inside the brothel was an old lady named Tú bà
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