China’s excellent Forbidden City? (6)
I believe the answer is:
palace
'forbidden city?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'china's excellent' is the wordplay.
'china' becomes 'pal' (china plate is Cockney rhyming slang for mate).
'excellent' becomes 'ace' (ace can informally mean very good).
'pal'+'ace'='PALACE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for palace that I've seen before include "Royal mansion" , "Official residence of a sovereign" , "Locality round a monarch's official residence" , "imposing building" , "See 23" .)