Noun forbidden city has 2 senses
  1. Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City - the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
    --1 is a kind of national capital
    --1 is a part of Tibet, Thibet, Xizang, Sitsang
  2. Forbidden City - a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China
    --2 is a kind of
    section
    --2 is a part of Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China
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