城阙

Mandarin

simpl.
trad. 城闕

Noun

城阙 (simplified, Pinyin chéngquè, traditional 城闕)

  1. (literary) the watch tower on either side of a city gate

References

  • 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
  • "城阙" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-05-30.

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