掖门

掖門
yèmén
small side door of a palace

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) small side doors on both sides of the main entrance gates to a palace
  2. small side doors on both sides of the main entrance gates to a palace

Wiktionary

古时宫殿正门旁的小门。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 掖 yè
  1. to support by the arm
  2. to help
  3. to promote
  4. at the side
  5. also pr. yì
2 门 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: 扇, 個