门 gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) 大 门 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 门 户 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel 门 扇 mén shàn door / the opening panel of a door 户 a household / door / family 阖 door / to close / whole 扃 (literary) to shut or bolt a door / door 门 子 mén zi door / doorman (old) / hanger-on of an aristocrat / social influence / pull / classifier for relatives, marriages etc 走 出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc) / to go out through (a door etc) 上 门 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family 门 外 mén wài outside the door 入 门 rù mén entrance door / to enter a door / introduction (to a subject) / to learn the basics of a subject 邻 居 lín jū neighbor / next door / CL:個|个[ge4] 开 门 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 门 前 mén qián in front of the door 房 门 fáng mén door of a room 隔 壁 gé bì next door / neighbor 进 门 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage 家 门 jiā mén house door / family clan 车 门 chē mén car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc 关 门 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) 后 门 hòu mén the back door / fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure) / anus 敲 门 qiāo mén to knock on a door 摘 下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 破 门 pò mén to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc) 临 死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door 门 锁 mén suǒ door lock 防 盗 门 fáng dào mén security door 找 上 门 zhǎo shàng mén to come to sb's door / to call on sb 前 门 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 门 牌 mén pái door plate / house number 闭 门 bì mén to close a door 门 框 mén kuàng door frame 开 门 见 山 kāi mén jiàn shān lit. to open the door and see the mountain / fig. to get right to the point (idiom) 碰 壁 pèng bì to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall / to hit a snag / to have the door slammed in one's face 门 神 mén shén door god 拱 门 gǒng mén arched door 敲 开 qiāo kāi to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门[xx5 de5 da4 men2]) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~ 侧 门 cè mén side door 苟 延 残 喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom) 亡 羊 补 牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted 锁 门 suǒ mén to lock the door 门 把 mén bǎ door knob / door handle / also pr. [men2 ba4] 卷 帘 门 juǎn lián mén roll-up door 拧 开 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart 走 后 门 zǒu hòu mén lit. to enter by the back door / fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels / back door or under the counter connections 绝 处 逢 生 jué chǔ féng shēng to come back from death's door (idiom) / unexpected rescue from danger / fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation / to find a way out of a predicament 叩 门 kòu mén to knock on a door 加 封 jiā fēng to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman 推 拉 门 tuī lā mén sliding door 偏 门 piān mén side door / doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly) 帘 幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) 门 闩 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt 探 身 tàn shēn to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc) 盈 门 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) 旁 门 páng mén side door 门 可 罗 雀 mén kě luó què you can net sparrows at the door (idiom) / completely deserted 下 逐 客 令 xià zhú kè lìng to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave 门 环 mén huán door knocker (in the shape of a ring) 栅 门 zhà mén gate / door with grating / turnstile / logical gate (electronics) 邻 舍 lín shè neighbor / person next door 命 在 旦 夕 mìng zài dàn xī to be at death's door (idiom) 边 门 biān mén side door / wicket door 撬 门 qiào mén to break in / to force a door 开 后 门 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door 吃 闭 门 羹 chī bì mén gēng to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed 转 门 zhuàn mén revolving door / turnstile 便 门 biàn mén side door / wicket door 框 frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1] 闺 small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / by ext. women 槛 door sill / threshold 匾 horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket 扉 door with only one leaf 阖 door / to close / whole 咣 (onom.) bang / door banging shut 闱 door to women's room / gate to palace 闼 door of an inner room 钤 latch of door / seal 樘 pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows 枨 door post 阼 steps leading to the eastern door 閤 side door / variant of 閣|阁[ge2] / pavilion / cabinet / boudoir 阘 door or window in an upper story 閛 the sound of opening or closing the door 闒 door or window in an upper story 楗 material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt) 破 门 而 入 pò mén ér rù to break the door down and enter (idiom) 拒 之 门 外 jù zhī mén wài to lock one's door and refuse to see sb 敲 门 砖 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune 天 涯 若 比 邻 tiān yá ruò bǐ lín far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away 夺 门 而 出 duó mén ér chū to rush out through a door (idiom) 户 枢 不 蠹 hù shū bù dù lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom) 杜 门 不 出 dù mén bù chū to shut the door and remain inside / fig. to cut off contact 筚 门 闺 窦 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 荜 门 圭 窦 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 闭 门 觅 句 bì mén mì jù lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom) / fig. the serious hard work of writing 开 门 揖 盗 kāi mén yī dào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom) / to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand 程 门 立 雪 Chéng mén lì xuě lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom) / fig. deep reverence for one's master 㝉 to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen 弹 簧 门 tán huáng mén swing door
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