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國門

简国门 · 繁國門

Mandarin · pinyin guó mén

(archaic) capital's gate
country's border

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國: Look up this written character
門: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
国: guó · nation, country, nation-state
门: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening

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2–2 · guo2 men2

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noun

(literal, figurative) entry into a country via its border
(Classical) gate of a capital

name

(～社區) Guomen (a residential community in Mengmao, Ruili, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan, China, actually governed by Jiegao Border Trade Zone)

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