"Doorstep" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 门槛 | mén kǎn | doorstep / sill / threshold / fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper) |   |
| 门阶 | mén jiē | doorstep / threshold | |
| 变生肘腋 | biàn shēng zhǒu yè | lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom) / a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard | |
| 肘腋 | zhǒu yè | lit. armpit / elbow and armpit / fig. right up close (to a disaster) / in one's backyard / on one's doorstep | |
| 踏破门槛 | tā pò mén kǎn | to wear out the doorstep (idiom) / to crowd at sb's door | |
