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布达拉宫

Bù dá lā gōngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

布達拉宮 布达拉宫 [Bu4 da2 la1 gong1] /Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet/

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Other forms in these source records: 布達拉宮

  • 布
    bù

    to announce / to spread / cloth / to declare / to make known

  • 达
    dá

    to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate / eminent

    Dá

    surname Da

  • 拉
    lā

    to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

    lá

    to make a cut in (sth) / to slit / to gash / to slash

    là

    used in 拉拉蛄[là là gǔ]

  • 宫
    gōng

    palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale

    Gōng

    surname Gong

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