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玉門關

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Mandarin · pinyin Yù mén Guān

Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu

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玉: yù · jade, precious stone, gem
門: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
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门: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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4–2–1 · Yu4 men2 Guan1

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Yumen Pass (a gap in the Great Wall of China, west of Dunhuang, located in what is today Gansu province)

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