冷宮 [－宫]

Jyutping laang5 gung1
Pinyin lěng gōng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor
  2. (fig.) the doghouse
  3. a state of disfavor
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a worn-out palace where emperor houses their disliked empress or concubines
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, historical
    Cold Palace, where disfavored queens and concubines were banished
  2. noun, figuratively
    place for people or things that are out of favor or forgotten; limbo
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）