Definition

Noun: - Brothel: A place where people, typically women, engage in sexual activity for money; historically, a term for such establishments in ancient or feudal times.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong "Truyện Kiều", Thúy Kiều đã bị ép phải sống ở lầu xanh. (In "The Tale of Kieu", Thuy Kieu was forced to live in a brothel.)
  • Lầu xanh là một chủ đề nhạy cảm trong văn học cổ điển Việt Nam. (The brothel is a sensitive topic in classical Vietnamese literature.)

Advanced Usage

• "Chốn lầu xanh": A poetic or literary phrase meaning "the place of the green tower," used euphemistically to refer to a brothel.
  • Nàng đành rời bỏ chốn lầu xanh để tìm một cuộc sống mới. (She had to leave the brothel to seek a new life.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhà chứa (noun): A more direct and modern synonym for brothel.
• Nhà thổ (noun): Another term for brothel, slightly archaic but still understood.
• Kỹ viện (noun): A historical term for an entertainment house that could include brothels.

Synonyms

• Brothel: The direct English equivalent.
• Bordello: A synonym for brothel, often with a slightly old-fashioned connotation.
• House of prostitution: A more formal descriptive term.

Related Phrases

• Vào lầu xanh: To enter or be sent to a brothel (often implying coercion).
  • Số phận nghiệt ngã đã đẩy cô ấy vào lầu xanh. (A cruel fate pushed her into the brothel.)

Related Idioms

• "Sống kiếp lầu xanh": To live the life of a brothel dweller (implies a life of suffering and disgrace).
  • Câu chuyện kể về một người phụ nữ phải sống kiếp lầu xanh. (The story tells of a woman who had to live the life of a brothel dweller.)

noun

1. brothel