閽人

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See also: 阍人

Chinese

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door-keeper man; person; people
trad. (閽人)
simp. (阍人)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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閽人

  1. (archaic) the person in charge of opening the palace gates at dawn and closing them again at dusk
  2. (archaic) gate guard