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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “"Chariot Frame" < "axle & shafts" (Huainanzi, Major's 2010 translation, ch. 3, n. 11) seems to be a folk etymology”
tall gate
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantically related to 轅門／辕门 (yuánmén)?”
If Qin'd succeed, they'd surely lofty steeples and beautiful palaces; they could listen to the sounds of flutes and zithers; they'd have high towers and tall gates at the front; they'd have fine, pretty, fair beauties in the back; their countries being imperiled by Qin still would not worry them at all.
