正陽門 (Zhèngyángmén) — Zhengyangmen, the great gate at the south end of Tiananmen Square, Beijing; the main southern gate of the old inner city wall, also called Qianmen

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正陽門 word · TOCFL 6 (est.)

正陽門＝正＋陽＋門

ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄣˊ · Zhèngyángmén

proper noun — Zhengyangmen, the great gate at the south end of Tiananmen Square, Beijing; the main southern gate of the old inner city wall, also called Qianmen

字源 FORM — what the parts do

正directly, squarely (正好)zhèng

陽the sun; the south-facing, sunlit side (陽光)yáng

門gate (大門)mén

正陽門，正好的正，太陽的陽，大門的門。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

城牆正（正對）南，迎著太陽（陽）開的大門（門）。

The gate (門) that opens due south, squarely (正) facing the sun (陽) — the inner city's front gate, through which the Ming and Qing emperors passed on their way to the Temple of Heaven.

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