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Definition
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gate
請開門。Please open the door.
- graphic and meaning component (door, construction, thing you close...)
- door
- radical (Kang Xi 169)
- entrance
- classifier (for lessons, subject, large guns...)
门 is also a meaning component
Learn more about 门 as a component in other characters: 门 the meaning component
Compounds (67)
plural marker (for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals); plural suffix (used after a personal pronoun or a noun referring to a person to form a plural); plural (used after a pronoun, a noun, the name of a person to mean people of the same kind, or in personnification after a noun referrring to a thing or an animal to form a plural).
to open; to start; to drive; to operate; to switch on; to turn on; to leave; to set out; to move; to open to the public; to begin; to hold (a meeting...); to write (out); to prescribe; to pay (wages, fares...); to boil
to close; to turn off; to shut; to shut in; to lock up; mountain pass; barrier; a critical juncture
among; between; space in between; (within a) definite space; (within a) definite time; room; section of a room; lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier (for rooms); measure word
to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships)
intercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
Related words (274)
door; doorman (old); hanger-on of an aristocrat; social influence; pull; classifier (for relatives, marriages etc); measure word
door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel
open door policy; Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel
to close a door; to lock a door (of a shop etc); to close (for the night, or permanently)
a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc); (fig.) a complete unknown who wins a competition
front door; main entrance; honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
family of officials; family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)
to burst or force open a door; to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church); to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)
to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage
to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
to open the back door; (fig.) under the counter; to do a secret or dishonest deal; to let sth in by the back door
an upset (esp. in sports); unexpected turn of events; to pull off a coup; a breakthrough
"shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai
(lit.) to enter by the back door; (fig.) to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels; back door or under the counter connections
to try to score (a goal); final push (at a critical juncture); the final leg of sth
(lit.) (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death); (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world; to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
to introduce oneself; originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role
to form one's own group or school of thought; to set up one's own business; to establish oneself
Idioms (39)
the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
(lit.) a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient; to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
(lit.) the gate of a noble house is like the sea; there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
splendor shines on the family's door (idiom); (fig.) to bring honor to one's family
leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
(lit.) to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
to lead the devil to the door (idiom); to invite the attention of criminals; to leave oneself open to attack
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group
(lit.) to decorate the front of one's store (idiom); (fig.) to embellish (one's CV, etc); to keep up appearances; to put up a front
(lit.) devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices; crooked methods; dishonesty
(lit.) lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
(lit.) to build a cart behind closed doors; to be overly subjective and disregard the outside world (idiom)
(lit.) General Iron is guarding the door (idiom); (fig.) the door is padlocked — nobody inside
to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom); to get one's big break
(lit.) when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem; no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom); marriages are predestined; people marry because they share common traits
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