雁門

See also: 雁门

Chinese

wild goose
 
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (雁門/鴈門) /
simp. (雁门)

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Proper noun

雁門

  1. (~關) Yanmen Pass, a pass in northern Shanxi fortified as part of the Inner Great Wall, now a tourist site
  2. () (historical) Yanmen Commandery, a former commandery of the Zhao Kingdom and of early imperial China
  3. () (historical) Yanmen Circuit, a former circuit of medieval China
  4. (historical) Yanmen, a former name of the various seats of the commandery

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