the original name of a famous Hollywood cinema, now called Mann’s Chinese Theater, which was built in 1927 by Sid Grauman and designed like a Chinese pagoda (= religious building). Near its entrance there is a place where well-known film stars leave images of their hands or feet by pressing them into wet cement which then dries.
GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATER
Meaning of GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATER in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005