yuètái 月臺
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Gloss
Meaning, literally, "moon terrace," the yuetai refers to a platform or terrace extending in front of a building.4
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Works Cited
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- 1 KROLL. 2015. A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese, 578, 440.
- 2 FU. 2017. Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays, 371.
- 3 LIANG. 2005. Chinese architecture: a pictorial history, 191.
- 4 GUO. 2002. A Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture, 63.; LITTLE. 2000. Taoism and the Arts of China, 67.
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月臺 yuètái” in Architectura Sinica last modified November 28, 2022, https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000123.
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