禁臠

Chinese

		to prohibit; to forbid; endure	skinny; sliced meat
trad. (禁臠)		禁	臠
simp. (禁脔)		禁	脔

Etymology

初，元帝始鎮建業，公私窘罄，每得一㹠，以為珍膳，項上一臠尤美，輒以薦帝，群下未嘗敢食，於時呼為「禁臠」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

初，元帝始镇建业，公私窘罄，每得一㹠，以为珍膳，项上一脔尤美，辄以荐帝，群下未尝敢食，于时呼为「禁脔」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin

chū, Yuán dì shǐ zhèn Jiànyè, gōngsī jiǒngqìng, měi dé yī tún, yǐwéi zhēnshàn, xiàng shàng yī luán yóu měi, zhé yǐ jiàn dì, qúnxià wèicháng gǎn shí, yúshí hū wéi “jìnluán” [Pinyin]

When Emperor Yuan of Jin was stationed in Jiankang, food was scarce. Every pig they got was considered a treasure. The meat on the pig's neck was particularly delicious. The ministers did not dare to eat it and offered it to the emperor. It was called "forbidden meat" at the time.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìnluán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam³ lyun⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìnluán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìnluán
  - Wade–Giles: chin⁴-luan²
  - Yale: jìn-lwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnluan
  - Palladius: цзиньлуань (czinʹluanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ lu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam³ lyun⁵
  - Yale: gam lyúhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam³ lyn⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem³ lün⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³³ lyːn¹³/

Noun

禁臠

(literary) exclusive property; something one keeps to oneself and refuses to share with others
- 前後百卷文，枕籍皆禁臠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  前后百卷文，枕籍皆禁脔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 唐．杜甫《八哀詩．故秘書少監武功蘇公源明》
  Qiánhòu bǎi juàn wén, zhěnjiè jiē jìnluán. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

“禁臠”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.