阙 (闕) què

1. què noun a watchtower; a guard tower
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In particular, the two watchtowers outside the imperial palace gate (CC-CEDICT '闕'; Guoyu '闕' què n 1; Kroll 2015 '闕' què 1, p. 382; Unihan '闕'; XHZD '阙' què 1, p. 625)
2. quē noun a fault; deficiency; a mistake
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An archaic variant of 缺; for example, the iddiom 裨补阙漏 'no oversights or shortcomings' (CC-CEDICT '闕'; Guoyu '闕' quē n 1; Kroll 2015 '闕' quē 2, p. 382; Pollard 2002, p. 26; XHZD '阙' quē 2, p. 624)
3. què noun palace
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '闕' què n 2; Kroll 2015 '闕' què 1a, p. 382; Unihan '闕')
4. què noun a stone carving in front of a tomb
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '闕' què 2, p. 382; XHZD '阙' què 2, p. 625)
5. quē verb to be deficient
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 短少 (Guoyu '闕' quē v 2; Kroll 2015 '闕' quē 1, p. 382; XHZD '阙' quē 1, p. 624)
6. quē verb to reserve; to put to the side
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '闕' quē 3, p. 382)
7. quē proper noun Que
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '闕'; Guoyu '闕' què n 3; XHZD '阙' quē 1, p. 624)
8. quē noun an unfilled official position
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 官职的空位 (Guoyu '闕' quē n 2)
9. quē verb to lose
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 亏损 (Guoyu '闕' quē v 1)
10. quē adjective omitted
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 脱漏 (Guoyu '闕' quē adj 2)

Contained in

• 盖阙(蓋闕) difficult to confirm
• 补阙(補闕) to fill a vacancy; to make up for a shortage; to supply a deficiency
• 心驰魏阙(心馳魏闕) mind looking from a watchtower; always on the lookout for the interests of the land
• 裨补阙漏(裨補闕漏) there will be no oversights or shortcomings
• 巨阙(巨闕) Juque ; a sharp sword
• 金阙(金闕) the imperial palace
• 尽付阙如(盡付闕如) totally lacking
• 帝阙(帝闕) imperial gate
• 多闻阙疑(多聞闕疑) be well read but put aside the points of which you doubt
• 诣阙(詣闕) to go to the palace to see the emperor
• 门阙(門闕) tower structures at either side of an entrance
• 宫阙(宮闕) palace
• 阙绝(闕絕) to lack
• 围师必阙(圍師必闕) when you surround soldiers an opening must be left
• 多见阙殆(多見闕殆) observe extensively and avoid things which are dangerous
• 心存魏阙(心存魏闕) mind dwelling in a watchtower; always on the lookout for the interests of the land
• 心瞻魏阙(心瞻魏闕) mind looking from a watchtower; always on the lookout for the interests of the land
• 魏阙(魏闕) a watchtower
• 心在魏阙(心在魏闕) mind in a watchtower; always on the lookout for the interests of the land

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阙特勤 、 城阙

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• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 88
• 卷一百九十六 志第一百四十九 兵十 Volume 196 Treatises 149: Military 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 52
• 卷一百九十四 志第一百四十七 兵八 Volume 194 Treatises 147: Military 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 51
• 卷二十九 志第十九 符瑞下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Auspicious Signs 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 49
• 卷五十六 Scroll 56 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 41
• 卷一百五十八 志第一百十一 選舉四 Volume 158 Treatises 111: Selection and appointment of Officials 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 40
• 卷一百六十 志第一百十三 選舉六 Volume 160 Treatises 113: Selection and appointment of Officials 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 33
• 卷八十四　志第三十四: 　選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 33
• 卷一百九十三 志第一百四十六 兵七 Volume 193 Treatises 146: Military 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 31
• 卷一百八十八 志第一百四十一 兵二 Volume 188 Treatises 141: Military 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28

Collocations

• 伊阙 (伊闕) 報伊闕也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 20
• 北阙 (北闕) 肉袒北闕謝罪 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 淮南鴻烈解敘 漢涿郡高誘撰 Explanation of Sections of Huainaizi, Compiled by Gao You of Zhuo Province in the Han — count: 10
• 东阙 (東闕) 立東闕 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 6
• 至高阙 (至高闕) 至高闕 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《漢興以來將相名臣年表》 Yearly Table of Statesmen, Generals and Officials since the Han Dynasty's Founding — count: 5
• 冀阙 (冀闕) 筑冀闕 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin — count: 4
• 阙党 (闕黨) 闕黨童子將命 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 14. 《憲問》 Xian Wen — count: 4
• 多阙 (多闕) 中多闕文 — New Discussions 新語, Preface — count: 4
• 阙门 (闕門) 諸母兄弟不出闕門 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
• 高阙 (高闕) 高闕擊胡 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 3
• 凤阙 (鳳闕) 其東則鳳闕 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 3