The moment the people hear the drum, they must assemble outside the palace gate at once.

老百姓一听到鼓声响，就必须立刻到宫门外集合。

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A few months later, some emergency really occurred in the State of Chu. The drum outside the palace gate sounded from early morning until night.

隔了几个月，楚国真的发生了紧急情况，宫门外的鼓“咚咚咚”地从早晨一直响到晚上。

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Later, the lion came to be regarded as a divine guarding animal, so the pair of lions in front of a palace gate are also meant to drive away evil forces.

后来佛座前的狮子已具有护法神兽的含义，这样宫殿门前的对狮，又具驱邪镇妖的寓意。

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When he was stopped at the north gate of Buckingham Palace, he said he was the king of Afghanistan.

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