烟花行院

Traditional form:

煙花行院

Pinyin (reading):

yānhuāxíngyuàn

Definitions:

• brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

Characters:

• 烟 - smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 行 - to go, to walk, to move; professional
• 院 - court, yard, courtyard; school

Traditional characters:

• 煙 - smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
• 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 行 - to go, to walk, to move; professional
• 院 - court, yard, courtyard; school