白玉楼

はくぎょくろう

Meanings

1. Noun celestial tower where poets, artists, etc. were said to go in the afterlife See also: 白玉楼中の人となる (はくぎょくろうちゅうのひととなる).

Kanji

• 白 white. Read as ハク.
• 玉 ball. Read as ギョク.
• 楼 lofty building. Read as ロウ.

Words containing 白玉楼

• 白玉楼中の人となる (はくぎょくろうちゅうのひととなる) to die (of a poet, artist, etc.)

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