城闕

城阙
chéngquè
  1. watchtower on either side of a city gate
  2. (literary) city
  3. imperial palace

CEDICT

literary

Entry Composition

1 城 chéng
  1. city walls
  2. city
  3. town

classifiers: 座, 道, 個
2 闕 què
  1. Imperial city watchtower (old)
  2. fault
  3. deficiency