| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 门 | 門 | Mén | - surname Men |
| 门 | 門 | mén | - 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) |
| 三门 | 三門 | Sānmén | - Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang |
| 上门 | 上門 | shàngmén | - to drop in - to visit - to lock a door - (of a shop) to close |
| 串门 | 串門 | chuànmén | - to call on sb - to drop in - to visit sb's home |
| 也门 | 也門 | Yěmén | - Yemen |
| 亚门 | 亞門 | yàmén | - subdivision - subphylum (taxonomy) |
| 佛门 | 佛門 | Fómén | - Buddhism |
| 侯门 | 侯門 | hóumén | - noble house |
| 便门 | 便門 | biànmén | - side door - wicket door |
| 偏门 | 偏門 | piānmén | - side door - doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly) |
| 侧门 | 側門 | cèmén | - side door |
| 入门 | 入門 | rùmén | - entrance door - to enter a door - introduction (to a subject) |
| 内门 | 內門 | Nèimén | - Neimen township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan |
| 冷门 | 冷門 | lěngmén | - a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) - fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition |
| 出门 | 出門 | chūmén | - to go out - to go on a journey - away from home |
| 前门 | 前門 | Qiánmén | - Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2 |
| 前门 | 前門 | qiánmén | - front door - main entrance - honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) |
| 北门 | 北門 | Běimén | - Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 卡门 | 卡門 | Kǎmén | - Carmen (name) - Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Proper Mérimée 梅里美[Mei2 li3 mei3] |
| 叩门 | 叩門 | kòumén | - to knock on a door |
| 吊门 | 吊門 | diàomén | - an overhung door - a door that hinges upwards |
| 名门 | 名門 | míngmén | - famous family - prestigious house |
| 吸门 | 吸門 | xīmén | - epiglottis |
| 嗓门 | 嗓門 | sǎngmén | - voice - windpipe |
| 回门 | 回門 | huímén | - first return of bride to her parental home |
| 囟门 | 囟門 | xìnmén | - fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) |
| 囱门 | 囪門 | cōngmén | - window - chimney |
| 土门 | 土門 | Tǔmén | - Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate |
| 城门 | 城門 | chéngmén | - city gate |
| 大门 | 大門 | dàmén | - entrance - door - gate - large and influential family |
| 天门 | 天門 | Tiānmén | - Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 夷门 | 夷門 | Yímén | - the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states |
| 孔门 | 孔門 | Kǒngmén | - Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples) |
| 守门 | 守門 | shǒumén | - to keep goal - on duty as gate-keeper |
| 宦门 | 宦門 | huànmén | - family of officials - family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) |
| 家门 | 家門 | jiāmén | - house door - family clan |
| 寒门 | 寒門 | hánmén | - poor and humble family - my family (humble) |
| 射门 | 射門 | shèmén | - (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal |
| 专门 | 專門 | zhuānmén | - specialist - specialized - customized |
| 对门 | 對門 | duìmén | - the building or room opposite |
| 屏门 | 屏門 | píngmén | - screen door |
| 屯门 | 屯門 | TúnMén | - Tuen Mun district of New Territories, Hong Kong |
| 山门 | 山門 | shānmén | - monastery main gate (Buddhism) - monastery |
| 幽门 | 幽門 | yōumén | - pylorus (anatomy) |
| 厦门 | 廈門 | Xiàmén | - Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xia4] |
| 后门 | 後門 | hòumén | - the back door - fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure) - anus |
| 快门 | 快門 | kuàimén | - shutter |
| 应门 | 應門 | yìngmén | - to answer the door |
| 房门 | 房門 | fángmén | - door of a room |
| 打门 | 打門 | dǎmén | - to knock on the door - to take a shot on goal (sports) |
| 把门 | 把門 | bǎmén | - to stand as a goalkeeper - to keep guard on a gate |
| 拱门 | 拱門 | gǒngmén | - arched door |
| 挨门 | 挨門 | āimén | - from door to door, one by one |
| 掖门 | 掖門 | yèmén | - small side door of a palace |
| 摩门 | 摩門 | Mómén | - Mormon (religion) |
| 撒门 | 撒門 | Sǎmén | - Salmon (son of Nashon) |
| 撬门 | 撬門 | qiàomén | - to break in - to force a door |
| 敲门 | 敲門 | qiāomén | - to knock on a door |
| 斗门 | 斗門 | Dǒumén | - Doumen district of Zhuhai city 珠海市[Zhu1 hai3 shi4], Guangdong |
| 旁门 | 旁門 | pángmén | - side door |
| 易门 | 易門 | Yìmén | - Yimen county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan |
| 会门 | 會門 | huìmén | - main entrance - secret society |
| 朝门 | 朝門 | cháomén | - entrance portal (to a palace) - propylaeum |
| 杜门 | 杜門 | dùmén | - to close the door (also fig.) |
| 柴门 | 柴門 | cháimén | - lit. woodcutter's family - humble background - poor family background |
| 栅门 | 柵門 | zhàmén | - gate - door with grating - turnstile - logical gate (electronics) |
| 正门 | 正門 | zhèngmén | - main entrance - main gate - portal |
| 气门 | 氣門 | qìmén | - valve (esp. tire valve) - accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门) - stigma (zool.) - spiracle |
| 江门 | 江門 | Jiāngmén | - Jiangmen prefecture level city in Guangdong |
| 沙门 | 沙門 | shāmén | - monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) - Buddhist monk |
| 油门 | 油門 | yóumén | - accelerator (pedal) - gas pedal - throttle |
| 法门 | 法門 | fǎmén | - gate to enlightment (Buddhism) - Buddhism - way - method - (old) south gate of a palace |
| 洪门 | 洪門 | Hóngmén | - see 天地會|天地会[Tian1 di4 hui4] |
| 活门 | 活門 | huómén | - valve |
| 海门 | 海門 | Hǎimén | - Haimen county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu |
| 灭门 | 滅門 | mièmén | - to exterminate an entire family |
| 滑门 | 滑門 | huámén | - sliding door |
| 满门 | 滿門 | mǎnmén | - the whole family |
| 澳门 | 澳門 | Àomén | - Macao - Aomen - Macau |
| 热门 | 熱門 | rèmén | - popular - hot - in vogue |
| 玉门 | 玉門 | Yùmén | - Yumen county level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu |
| 玉门 | 玉門 | yùmén | - (literary) vaginal opening - vulva |
| 球门 | 球門 | qiúmén | - goalmouth (in soccer) |
| 留门 | 留門 | liúmén | - to leave the door unlocked for sb |
| 登门 | 登門 | dēngmén | - to visit sb at home |
| 盈门 | 盈門 | yíngmén | - lit. fill the door - fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) |
| 监门 | 監門 | jiānmén | - gatekeeper |
| 石门 | 石門 | Shímén | - Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
| 破门 | 破門 | pòmén | - to burst or force open a door - to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) - to score a goal (in football, hockey etc) |
| 祁门 | 祁門 | Qímén | - Qimen county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山[Huang2 shan1], Anhui |
| 窍门 | 竅門 | qiàomén | - a trick - an ingenious method - know-how - the knack (of doing sth) |
| 罩门 | 罩門 | zhàomén | - Achilles' heel - chink in the armor |
| 声门 | 聲門 | shēngmén | - glottis |
| 肛门 | 肛門 | gāngmén | - anus |
| 脉门 | 脈門 | màimén | - pulse (in Chinese medicine) |
| 脑门 | 腦門 | nǎomén | - forehead |
| 脚门 | 腳門 | jiǎomén | - variant of 角門|角门[jiao3 men2] |
| 临门 | 臨門 | línmén | - to arrive home - facing one's home - home-coming - (soccer) facing the goalmouth |
| 荆门 | 荊門 | Jīngmén | - Jingmen prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 叶门 | 葉門 | Yèmén | - Yemen (Tw) |
| 盖门 | 蓋門 | gàimén | - closing cover - door (e.g. of photocopier) |
| 虎门 | 虎門 | Hǔmén | - the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong - Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇[Hu3 men2 Zhen4] |
| 衙门 | 衙門 | yámen | - government office in feudal China - yamen |
| 西门 | 西門 | Xīmén | - surname Ximen |
| 角门 | 角門 | jiǎomén | - corner gate |
| 诣门 | 詣門 | yìmén | - to visit sb |
| 调门 | 調門 | diàomén | - melody - pitch or key (music) - tone - style - point of view |
| 调门 | 調門 | tiáomén | - valve |
| 豪门 | 豪門 | háomén | - rich and powerful (families) - aristocratic - big shots |
| 贲门 | 賁門 | bēnmén | - cardia (anatomy) |
| 车门 | 車門 | chēmén | - car door - door of bus, railway carriage etc |
| 转门 | 轉門 | zhuànmén | - revolving door - turnstile |
| 进门 | 進門 | jìnmén | - to enter a door - to go in - to learn the basics of a subject - to join one's husband's household upon marriage |
| 过门 | 過門 | guòmén | - to pass through a doorway - (of a woman) to marry - orchestral music interlude in an opera |
| 远门 | 遠門 | yuǎnmén | - (to go to) distant parts - faraway - a distant relative |
| 边门 | 邊門 | biānmén | - side door - wicket door |
| 邪门 | 邪門 | xiémén | - strange - unusual - evil ways - dishonest practices |
| 部门 | 部門 | bùmén | - department - branch - section - division - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 金门 | 金門 | Jīnmén | - Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan - Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian, PRC |
| 锁门 | 鎖門 | suǒmén | - to lock the door |
| 门冬 | 門冬 | méndōng | - abbr. for 天門冬|天门冬[tian1 men2 dong1], asparagus |
| 门前 | 門前 | ménqián | - in front of the door |
| 门口 | 門口 | ménkǒu | - doorway - gate - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 门吸 | 門吸 | ménxī | - doorstop |
| 门地 | 門地 | méndì | - see 門第|门第[men2 di4] |
| 门坎 | 門坎 | ménkǎn | - variant of 門檻|门槛[men2 kan3] |
| 门垫 | 門墊 | méndiàn | - doormat |
| 门墩 | 門墩 | méndūn | - wooden or stone block supporting the axle of a door |
| 门外 | 門外 | ménwài | - outside the door |
| 门子 | 門子 | ménzi | - door - doorman (old) - hanger-on of an aristocrat - social influence - pull - classifier for relatives, marriages etc |
| 门客 | 門客 | ménkè | - hanger-on - visitor (in a nobleman's house) |
| 门将 | 門將 | ménjiàng | - official gatekeeper - goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc) |
| 门对 | 門對 | ménduì | - couplet (hung on each side of the door frame) |
| 门岗 | 門崗 | méngǎng | - gate |
| 门市 | 門市 | ménshì | - retail sales |
| 门店 | 門店 | méndiàn | - (retail) store |
| 门廊 | 門廊 | ménláng | - stoop - parvis - portico - patio - veranda |
| 门厅 | 門廳 | méntīng | - entrance hall - vestibule |
| 门径 | 門徑 | ménjìng | - access |
| 门徒 | 門徒 | méntú | - disciple |
| 门户 | 門戶 | ménhù | - door - strategic gateway - portal - faction - sect - family status - family - web portal - (old) brothel |
| 门扇 | 門扇 | ménshàn | - door - the opening panel of a door |
| 门挡 | 門擋 | méndǎng | - doorstop |
| 门望 | 門望 | ménwàng | - family prestige |
| 门柱 | 門柱 | ménzhù | - doorpost |
| 门栓 | 門栓 | ménshuān | - variant of 門閂|门闩[men2 shuan1] |
| 门框 | 門框 | ménkuàng | - door frame |
| 门楣 | 門楣 | ménméi | - lintel (of a door) - fig. family's social status |
| 门槛 | 門檻 | ménkǎn | - doorstep - sill - threshold - fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper) |
| 门洞 | 門洞 | méndòng | - passageway - archway |
| 门派 | 門派 | ménpài | - sect - school (group of followers of a particular doctrine) |
| 门源 | 門源 | Ményuán | - Menyuan Hui autonomous county in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hai3 bei3 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai |
| 门牌 | 門牌 | ménpái | - door plate - house number |
| 门牙 | 門牙 | ményá | - incisor |
| 门球 | 門球 | ménqiú | - croquet - goal ball (served by the goal keeper) |
| 门环 | 門環 | ménhuán | - door knocker (in the shape of a ring) |
| 门生 | 門生 | ménshēng | - disciple - student (of a famous master) |
| 门碰 | 門碰 | ménpèng | - doorstop |
| 门神 | 門神 | ménshén | - door god |
| 门票 | 門票 | ménpiào | - ticket (for theater, cinema etc) |
| 门禁 | 門禁 | ménjìn | - guarded entrance |
| 门童 | 門童 | méntóng | - doorman - bell boy |
| 门第 | 門第 | méndì | - family status |
| 门罗 | 門羅 | Ménluó | - Monroe |
| 门联 | 門聯 | ménlián | - couplet (hung on each side of the door frame) |
| 门脸 | 門臉 | ménliǎn | - shop front - facade |
| 门萨 | 門薩 | Ménsà | - Mensa (loanword) |
| 门卫 | 門衛 | ménwèi | - guard at gate - sentry |
| 门诊 | 門診 | ménzhěn | - outpatient service |
| 门路 | 門路 | ménlù | - way of doing sth - the right social connection |
| 门道 | 門道 | méndào | - doorway - gateway |
| 门道 | 門道 | méndao | - the way to do sth - knack |
| 门扣 | 門釦 | ménkòu | - door latch |
| 门铃 | 門鈴 | ménlíng | - doorbell |
| 门锁 | 門鎖 | ménsuǒ | - door lock |
| 门闩 | 門閂 | ménshuān | - horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) - door bolt |
| 门阀 | 門閥 | ménfá | - rich and powerful family |
| 门限 | 門限 | ménxiàn | - doorsill |
| 门阶 | 門階 | ménjiē | - doorstep - threshold |
| 门面 | 門面 | ménmian | - shop front - facade - CL:間|间[jian1] - prestige |
| 门额 | 門額 | méné | - area above the lintel of a doorway |
| 门类 | 門類 | ménlèi | - phylum or division (taxonomy) |
| 门风 | 門風 | ménfēng | - family tradition - family principles |
| 门首 | 門首 | ménshǒu | - doorway - gate - entrance |
| 门齿 | 門齒 | ménchǐ | - incisor |
| 闭门 | 閉門 | bìmén | - to close a door |
| 开门 | 開門 | kāimén | - to open a door (lit. and fig.) - to open for business |
| 闸门 | 閘門 | zhámén | - sluice gate |
| 阀门 | 閥門 | fámén | - valve (mechanical) |
| 关门 | 關門 | guānmén | - to close a door - to lock a door - (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) |
| 防门 | 防門 | fángmén | - defensive gate |
| 阿门 | 阿門 | āmén | - amen (loanword) |
| 阴门 | 陰門 | yīnmén | - vulva - pudenda |
| 电门 | 電門 | diànmén | - electric switch |
| 龙门 | 龍門 | Lóngmén | - Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong - mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon |
| 三地门 | 三地門 | Sāndìmén | - Santimen township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 三柱门 | 三柱門 | sānzhùmén | - (sports) (cricket) wicket (set of stumps and bails) |
| 三门峡 | 三門峽 | Sānménxiá | - Sanmenxia prefecture level city in Henan |
| 三门县 | 三門縣 | Sānménxiàn | - Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang |
| 上门费 | 上門費 | shàngménfèi | - house call fee - callout fee |
| 下场门 | 下場門 | xiàchǎngmén | - exit door (of the stage) |
| 串门儿 | 串門兒 | chuànménr | - erhua variant of 串門|串门[chuan4 men2] |
| 串门子 | 串門子 | chuànménzi | - see 串門|串门[chuan4 men2] |
| 倒插门 | 倒插門 | dàochāmén | - to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations) |
| 内门乡 | 內門鄉 | Nèiménxiāng | - Neimen township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan |
| 凯旋门 | 凱旋門 | kǎixuánmén | - triumphal arch |
| 出入门 | 出入門 | chūrùmén | - entrance and exit door |
| 北门乡 | 北門鄉 | Běiménxiāng | - Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 半开门 | 半開門 | bànkāimén | - half-open door - fig. prostitute |
| 南天门 | 南天門 | Nántiānmén | - The Southern Heavenly Gates - a name for a mountain pass gate in several places |
| 南门二 | 南門二 | Nánménèr | - Alpha Centauri or Rigel Kentaurus |
| 卡门贝 | 卡門貝 | kǎménbèi | - camembert cheese |
| 卷帘门 | 卷簾門 | juǎnliánmén | - roll-up door |
| 哪门子 | 哪門子 | nǎménzi | - (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what - what kind - why on earth |
| 丧门星 | 喪門星 | sāngménxīng | - messenger of death (cf Irish banshee) - person bringing bad luck |
| 丧门神 | 喪門神 | sāngménshén | - messenger of death (cf Irish banshee) - person bringing bad luck |
| 嗓门眼 | 嗓門眼 | sǎngményǎn | - throat |
| 囟脑门 | 囟腦門 | xìnnǎomén | - fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) |
| 图门江 | 圖門江 | Túménjiāng | - variant of 圖們江|图们江[Tu2 men2 jiang1] |
| 天安门 | 天安門 | Tiānānmén | - Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing |
| 天门冬 | 天門冬 | tiānméndōng | - asparagus |
| 天门市 | 天門市 | Tiānménshì | - Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 太平门 | 太平門 | tàipíngmén | - emergency exit |
| 婆罗门 | 婆羅門 | Póluómén | - Brahmin |
| 守门人 | 守門人 | shǒuménrén | - gatekeeper |
| 守门员 | 守門員 | shǒuményuán | - goal-keeper |
| 安定门 | 安定門 | Āndìngmén | - Andingmen neighborhood of Beijing |
| 宣武门 | 宣武門 | Xuānwǔmén | - Xuanwumen, Beijing |
| 密闭门 | 密閉門 | mìbìmén | - airtight door |
| 专门化 | 專門化 | zhuānménhuà | - to specialize |
| 专门家 | 專門家 | zhuānménjiā | - specialist |
| 尻门子 | 尻門子 | kāoménzi | - anus (rural coll.) |
| 崇文门 | 崇文門 | chóngwénmén | - Chongwenmen in Beijing |
| 巴力门 | 巴力門 | bālìmén | - parliament (loanword) (old) |
| 厦门市 | 廈門市 | Xiàménshì | - Xiamen, subprovincial city in Fujian - also known as Amoy |
| 广安门 | 廣安門 | Guǎngānmén | - Guanganmen in Xuanwu 宣武區|宣武区 district of southwest Beijing |
| 弹簧门 | 彈簧門 | tánhuángmén | - swing door |
| 复兴门 | 復興門 | Fùxīngmén | - Fuxingmen neighborhood of Beijing |
| 德胜门 | 德勝門 | Déshèngmén | - Deshengmen (Beijing) |
| 德拉门 | 德拉門 | Délāmén | - Drammen (city in Buskerud, Norway) |
| 懂门儿 | 懂門兒 | dǒngménr | - one who knows his business - professional - expert - au fait |
| 所罗门 | 所羅門 | Suǒluómén | - Solomon (name) |
| 找上门 | 找上門 | zhǎoshàngmén | - to come to sb's door - to call on sb |
| 找门路 | 找門路 | zhǎoménlù | - to seek help from social connections |
| 卷帘门 | 捲帘門 | juǎnliánmén | - roll-up door |
| 推拉门 | 推拉門 | tuīlāmén | - sliding door |
| 摩尔门 | 摩爾門 | Móěrmén | - Mormon (religion) |
| 摩门经 | 摩門經 | MóménJīng | - Book of Mormon |
| 抠门儿 | 摳門兒 | kōuménr | - (dialect) stingy |
| 撑门面 | 撐門面 | chēngménmiàn | - to keep up appearances - to put up a front |
| 摆门面 | 擺門面 | bǎiménmiàn | - to keep up appearances - to put up a front |
| 敲门砖 | 敲門磚 | qiāoménzhuān | - lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient - to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune |
| 斗门区 | 斗門區 | Dǒuménqū | - Doumen district of Zhuhai city 珠海市[Zhu1 hai3 shi4], Guangdong |
| 易门县 | 易門縣 | Yìménxiàn | - Yimen county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan |
| 朝阳门 | 朝陽門 | Cháoyángmén | - Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing |
| 东直门 | 東直門 | Dōngzhímén | - Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing |
| 板门店 | 板門店 | Bǎnméndiàn | - Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone |
| 核门槛 | 核門檻 | héménjiàn | - nuclear threshold |
| 水门汀 | 水門汀 | shuǐméntīng | - cement (Shanghainese) (loanword) |
| 永定门 | 永定門 | Yǒngdìngmén | - Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005 |
| 江门市 | 江門市 | Jiāngménshì | - Jiangmen prefecture level city in Guangdong |
| 没门儿 | 沒門兒 | méiménr | - no way - impossible |
| 沙门菌 | 沙門菌 | Shāménjūn | - salmonella |
| 海门市 | 海門市 | Hǎiménshì | - Haimen county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu |
| 清河门 | 清河門 | Qīnghémén | - Qinghemen district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning |
| 澳门市 | 澳門市 | Àoménshì | - Municipality of Macau - Concelho de Macau |
| 热门货 | 熱門貨 | rèménhuò | - goods in great demand |
| 爆冷门 | 爆冷門 | bàolěngmén | - an upset (esp. in sports) - unexpected turn of events - to pull off a coup - a breakthrough |
| 玉门市 | 玉門市 | Yùménshì | - Yumen county level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu |
| 玉门关 | 玉門關 | YùménGuān | - Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu |
| 登机门 | 登機門 | dēngjīmén | - boarding gate |
| 看门人 | 看門人 | kānménrén | - janitor - watchman |
| 石库门 | 石庫門 | shíkùmén | - "shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai |
| 石门县 | 石門縣 | Shíménxiàn | - Shimen county in Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan |
| 石门乡 | 石門鄉 | Shíménxiāng | - Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
| 硅藻门 | 硅藻門 | guīzǎomén | - Bacillariophyta, phylum of diatom single-celled phytoplankton |
| 祁门县 | 祁門縣 | Qíménxiàn | - Qimen county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山[Huang2 shan1], Anhui |
| 窍门儿 | 竅門兒 | qiàoménr | - a trick - an ingenious method - know-how - the knack (of doing sth) |
| 节气门 | 節氣門 | jiéqìmén | - throttle |
| 索罗门 | 索羅門 | Suǒluómén | - Solomon (name) - Solomon (Islands) |
| 绝门儿 | 絕門兒 | juéménr | - extinct profession - lost trade - unique skill - astonishing - fantastic |
| 脑门子 | 腦門子 | nǎoménzi | - forehead (dialect) |
| 荆门市 | 荊門市 | Jīngménshì | - Jingmen prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 蓝菌门 | 藍菌門 | lánjūnmén | - Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae) |
| 蓝藻门 | 藍藻門 | lánzǎomén | - Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae) |
| 虎门镇 | 虎門鎮 | HǔménZhèn | - Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平[Tai4 ping2], a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 東莞市|东莞市[Dong1 guan3 shi4], Guangdong |
| 装门面 | 裝門面 | zhuāngménmiàn | - see 裝點門面|装点门面[zhuang1 dian3 men2 mian4] |
| 西直门 | 西直門 | Xīzhímén | - Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing - the main northwest gate of Beijing |
| 西门子 | 西門子 | Xīménzǐ | - Siemens (company name) |
| 西门庆 | 西門慶 | XīmēnQìng | - Ximen Qing, character from 金瓶梅[Jin1 ping2 mei2] and 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] |
| 西门町 | 西門町 | Xīméndīng | - Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei) |
| 西门豹 | 西門豹 | XīMénbào | - Xi Menbao (active around 422 BC), statesman, general and hydraulic engineer of Wei state 魏國|魏国[Wei4 guo2] |
| 调门儿 | 調門兒 | diàoménr | - erhua variant of 調門|调门[diao4 men2] |
| 谢通门 | 謝通門 | Xiètōngmén | - Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet |
| 走后门 | 走後門 | zǒuhòumén | - lit. to enter by the back door - fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels - back door or under the counter connections |
| 走门子 | 走門子 | zǒuménzi | - see 走門路|走门路[zou3 men2 lu4] |
| 走门路 | 走門路 | zǒuménlù | - to use social connections - to toady to influential people |
| 金门岛 | 金門島 | JīnménDǎo | - Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan |
| 金门县 | 金門縣 | Jīnménxiàn | - Kinmen County, Taiwan (the Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast) - Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian |
| 门到门 | 門到門 | méndàomén | - door to door |
| 门坎儿 | 門坎兒 | ménkǎnr | - erhua variant of 門坎|门坎[men2 kan3] |
| 门外汉 | 門外漢 | ménwàihàn | - layman |
| 门巴族 | 門巴族 | Ménbāzú | - Menba ethnic group |
| 门市部 | 門市部 | ménshìbù | - retail department - section of a retail store |
| 门源县 | 門源縣 | Ményuánxiàn | - Menyuan Hui autonomous county in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hai3 bei3 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai |
| 门诊室 | 門診室 | ménzhěnshì | - clinic - outpatient department (or consulting room) |
| 门边框 | 門邊框 | ménbiānkuàng | - door frame - door pillars |
| 门头沟 | 門頭溝 | Méntóugōu | - Mentougou district of Beijing municipality |
| 闭门羹 | 閉門羹 | bìméngēng | - see 吃閉門羹|吃闭门羹[chi1 bi4 men2 geng1] |
| 开后门 | 開後門 | kāihòumén | - to open the back door - fig. under the counter - to do a secret or dishonest deal - to let sth in by the back door |
| 开门炮 | 開門砲 | kāiménpào | - firecrackers to open the door on the New Year |
| 开门红 | 開門紅 | kāiménhóng | - a good beginning |
| 闺门旦 | 閨門旦 | guīméndàn | - young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera |
| 阜成门 | 阜成門 | Fùchéngmén | - Fuchengmen neighborhood of Beijing |
| 防盗门 | 防盜門 | fángdàomén | - entrance door (for apartment) |
| 电话门 | 電話門 | DiànhuàMén | - "Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records |
| 鬼门关 | 鬼門關 | guǐménguān | - the gates of hell |
| 鸿门宴 | 鴻門宴 | HóngménYàn | - Feast at Hongmen - (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest - refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] |
| 龙门刨 | 龍門刨 | lóngménbào | - double column surface grinding machine |
| 龙门山 | 龍門山 | Lóngménshān | - Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line - Mt Longmen in Shandong - Mt Longmen in Henan |
| 龙门县 | 龍門縣 | Lóngménxiàn | - Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong |
| 一门心思 | 一門心思 | yīménxīnsi | - to set one's heart on sth (idiom) |
| 三地门乡 | 三地門鄉 | Sāndìménxiāng | - Santimen township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 三门峡市 | 三門峽市 | Sānménxiáshì | - Sanmenxia prefecture level city in Henan |
| 不二法门 | 不二法門 | bùèrfǎmén | - the one and only way - the only proper course to take |
| 五福临门 | 五福臨門 | wǔfúlínmén | - 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) |
| 五花八门 | 五花八門 | wǔhuābāmén | - myriad - all kinds of - all sorts of |
| 亚格门农 | 亞格門農 | Yàgéménnóng | - Agamemnon |
| 人事部门 | 人事部門 | rénshìbùmén | - personnel office |
| 侯门似海 | 侯門似海 | hóuménsìhǎi | - lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea - there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom) |
| 傍人门户 | 傍人門戶 | bàngrénménhù | - to be dependent upon sb |
| 光耀门楣 | 光耀門楣 | guāngyàoménméi | - splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) - fig. to bring honor to one's family |
| 入门课程 | 入門課程 | rùménkèchéng | - introductory course - primer |
| 加大油门 | 加大油門 | jiādàyóumén | - to accelerate - to step on the gas |
| 十字转门 | 十字轉門 | shízìzhuànmén | - turnstile |
| 半开门儿 | 半開門兒 | bànkāiménr | - erhua variant of 半開門|半开门[ban4 kai1 men2] |
| 吃闭门羹 | 吃閉門羹 | chībìméngēng | - to be refused entrance (idiom) - to find the door closed |
| 名门望族 | 名門望族 | míngménwàngzú | - offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding - blue blood |
| 四门轿车 | 四門轎車 | sìménjiàochē | - sedan (motor car) |
| 图坦卡门 | 圖坦卡門 | tútǎnkǎmén | - Tutankhamen |
| 天门冬科 | 天門冬科 | tiānméndōngkē | - Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus |
| 奇门遁甲 | 奇門遁甲 | qíméndùnjiǎ | - ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today) |
| 夺门而出 | 奪門而出 | duóménérchū | - to rush out through a door (idiom) |
| 婆罗门教 | 婆羅門教 | póluóménjiào | - Brahmanism - Hinduism |
| 专门人员 | 專門人員 | zhuānménrényuán | - specialist - specialized staff |
| 专门列车 | 專門列車 | zhuānménlièchē | - special train |
| 专门机构 | 專門機構 | zhuānménjīgòu | - specialized agency |
| 厦门大学 | 廈門大學 | XiàménDàxué | - Xiamen University |
| 引鬼上门 | 引鬼上門 | yǐnguǐshàngmén | - to lead the devil to the door (idiom); to invite the attention of criminals - to leave oneself open to attack |
| 得意门生 | 得意門生 | déyìménshēng | - favorite pupil |
| 托足无门 | 托足無門 | tuōzúwúmén | - to be unable to find a place to stay (idiom) |
| 拒之门外 | 拒之門外 | jùzhīménwài | - to lock one's door and refuse to see sb |
| 摩尔门经 | 摩爾門經 | MóěrménJīng | - Book of Mormon |
| 摆龙门阵 | 擺龍門陣 | bǎilóngménzhèn | - chat - gossip - spin a yarn |
| 政府部门 | 政府部門 | zhèngfǔbùmén | - government branch |
| 旁门左道 | 旁門左道 | pángménzuǒdào | - dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion - dissident group |
| 书香门第 | 書香門第 | shūxiāngméndì | - family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family |
| 杜门不出 | 杜門不出 | dùménbùchū | - to shut the door and remain inside - fig. to cut off contact |
| 柴门小户 | 柴門小戶 | cháiménxiǎohù | - woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel - fig. my humble house |
| 歪门邪道 | 歪門邪道 | wāiménxiédào | - dishonest practices |
| 水门事件 | 水門事件 | ShuǐménShìjiàn | - Watergate scandal |
| 沙门氏菌 | 沙門氏菌 | shāménshìjūn | - Salmonella |
| 海关部门 | 海關部門 | hǎiguānbùmén | - customs section |
| 清河门区 | 清河門區 | Qīnghéménqū | - Qinghemen district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning |
| 满门抄斩 | 滿門抄斬 | mǎnménchāozhǎn | - to execute the whole family unto the third generation |
| 熟门熟路 | 熟門熟路 | shúménshúlù | - familiar |
| 爆冷门儿 | 爆冷門兒 | bàolěngménr | - erhua variant of 爆冷門|爆冷门[bao4 leng3 men2] |
| 独立门户 | 獨立門戶 | dúlìménhù | - to live apart from parents (of married couple) - to achieve independence |
| 班门弄斧 | 班門弄斧 | Bānménnòngfǔ | - to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom) |
| 盲人门球 | 盲人門球 | mángrénménqiú | - goalball (Paralympic sport) |
| 破门而入 | 破門而入 | pòménérrù | - to break the door and enter - to force a door open (idiom) |
| 禅门五宗 | 禪門五宗 | chánménwǔzōng | - the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom) |
| 程门立雪 | 程門立雪 | Chéngménlìxuě | - lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom) - fig. deep reverence for one's master |
| 筚门闺窦 | 篳門閨竇 | bìménguīdòu | - wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel - living in poverty |
| 系出名门 | 系出名門 | xìchūmíngmén | - to come from a distinguished family |
| 总理衙门 | 總理衙門 | zǒnglǐyámen | - the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office |
| 肛门直肠 | 肛門直腸 | gāngménzhícháng | - rectum (anatomy) |
| 腓利门书 | 腓利門書 | Féilìménshū | - Epistle of St Paul to Philemon |
| 临门一脚 | 臨門一腳 | línményījiǎo | - to try to score (a goal) - final push (at a critical juncture) - the final leg of sth |
| 自报家门 | 自報家門 | zìbàojiāmén | - to introduce oneself - originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role |
| 自立门户 | 自立門戶 | zìlìménhù | - to form one's own group or school of thought - to set up one's own business - to establish oneself |
| 蓬门筚户 | 蓬門篳戶 | péngménbìhù | - overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house - humble home |
| 蓬门荜户 | 蓬門蓽戶 | péngménbìhù | - overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house - humble home |
| 荜门圭窦 | 蓽門圭竇 | bìménguīdòu | - wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel - living in poverty |
| 苏门答腊 | 蘇門答臘 | Sūméndálà | - Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands |
| 苏门达腊 | 蘇門達臘 | Sūméndálà | - variant of 蘇門答臘|苏门答腊[Su1 men2 da2 la4] |
| 行政部门 | 行政部門 | xíngzhèngbùmén | - administrative department - administration - executive (government branch) |
| 装点门面 | 裝點門面 | zhuāngdiǎnménmiàn | - 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 |
| 谢通门县 | 謝通門縣 | Xiètōngménxiàn | - Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet |
| 宾客盈门 | 賓客盈門 | bīnkèyíngmén | - guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors |
| 宾朋盈门 | 賓朋盈門 | bīnpéngyíngmén | - guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors |
| 军事部门 | 軍事部門 | jūnshìbùmén | - military branch |
| 遁入空门 | 遁入空門 | dùnrùkōngmén | - to take refuge in religious life |
| 远门近枝 | 遠門近枝 | yuǎnménjìnzhī | - near and distant relatives |
| 邪门歪道 | 邪門歪道 | xiéménwāidào | - lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices - crooked methods - dishonesty |
| 门可罗雀 | 門可羅雀 | ménkěluóquè | - you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted |
| 门庭如市 | 門庭如市 | méntíngrúshì | - see 門庭若市|门庭若市[men2 ting2 ruo4 shi4] |
| 门庭若市 | 門庭若市 | méntíngruòshì | - front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) - a place with many visitors |
| 门户之见 | 門戶之見 | ménhùzhījiàn | - sectarian bias - parochialism |
| 门户网站 | 門戶網站 | ménhùwǎngzhàn | - web portal |
| 门户开放 | 門戶開放 | ménhùkāifàng | - open door policy - Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel |
| 门捷列夫 | 門捷列夫 | Ménjiélièfū | - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table |
| 门当户对 | 門當戶對 | méndānghùduì | - the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) - (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match |
| 门头沟区 | 門頭溝區 | Méntóugōuqū | - Mentougou district of Beijing |
| 闭门塞窦 | 閉門塞竇 | bìménsèdòu | - to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense |
| 闭门思过 | 閉門思過 | bìménsīguò | - shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes |
| 闭门觅句 | 閉門覓句 | bìménmìjù | - lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing |
| 闭门造车 | 閉門造車 | bìménzàochē | - lit. to build a cart behind closed doors - to be overly subjective and disregard the outside world (idiom) |
| 开大油门 | 開大油門 | kāidàyóumén | - to open the throttle - to accelerate - to let her rip |
| 开门揖盗 | 開門揖盜 | kāiményīdào | - leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand |
| 开门见山 | 開門見山 | kāiménjiànshān | - lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom) |
| 关门大吉 | 關門大吉 | guānméndàjí | - to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom) |
| 关门弟子 | 關門弟子 | guānméndìzǐ | - last disciple of a master |
| 关门捉贼 | 關門捉賊 | guānménzhuōzéi | - to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom) |
| 双喜临门 | 雙喜臨門 | shuāngxǐlínmén | - two simultaneous happy events in the family |
| 革出山门 | 革出山門 | géchūshānmén | - to excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery) |
| 革出教门 | 革出教門 | géchūjiàomén | - to excommunicate (from a church) |
| 顶门壮户 | 頂門壯戶 | dǐngménzhuànghù | - to support the family business (idiom) |
| 飞机舱门 | 飛機艙門 | fēijīcāngmén | - airplane cabin door |
| 龙门断层 | 龍門斷層 | Lóngménduàncéng | - Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin |
| 龙门石窟 | 龍門石窟 | Lóngménshíkū | - Longmen grottoes at Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[Luo4 yang2], Henan |
| 上颚正门齿 | 上顎正門齒 | shàngèzhèngménchǐ | - maxillary central incisor |
| 卡门柏乳酪 | 卡門柏乳酪 | Kǎménbórǔlào | - Camembert (soft, creamy French cheese) |
| 天安门广场 | 天安門廣場 | TiānānménGuǎngchǎng | - Tiananmen Square |
| 天安门开了 | 天安門開了 | Tiānānménkāile | - pants fly is down - the barn door is open |
| 幽门螺旋菌 | 幽門螺旋菌 | yōuménluóxuánjūn | - Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium) |
| 幽门螺杆菌 | 幽門螺桿菌 | yōuménluógǎnjūn | - Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium) |
| 所罗门群岛 | 所羅門群島 | SuǒluóménQúndǎo | - Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific |
| 扁形动物门 | 扁形動物門 | piānxíngdòngwùmén | - flatworm - phylum of Platyhelminthes |
| 挨门，挨户 | 挨門，挨戶 | āimén,āihù | - to go from house to house - house-to-house (search) - same as 挨家挨戶|挨家挨户 |
| 浙江三门县 | 浙江三門縣 | ZhèjiāngSānménxiàn | - Sanmen County in Zhejiang |
| 澳门立法会 | 澳門立法會 | ÀoménLìfǎhuì | - Legislative Council of Macao |
| 玄武门之变 | 玄武門之變 | Xuánwǔménzhībiàn | - Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗 |
| 环节动物门 | 環節動物門 | huánjiédòngwùmén | - Annelidan, the phylum of annelid worms |
| 脊椎动物门 | 脊椎動物門 | jǐzhuīdòngwùmén | - Vertebrata, the phylum of vertebrates |
| 脊索动物门 | 脊索動物門 | jǐsuǒdòngwùmén | - Chordata, phylum containing vertebrates |
| 萨克拉门托 | 薩克拉門托 | Sàkèlāméntuō | - Sacramento |
| 苏门答腊岛 | 蘇門答臘島 | SūméndálàDǎo | - Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands) |
| 被子植物门 | 被子植物門 | bèizǐzhíwùmén | - angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) |
| 裸子植物门 | 裸子植物門 | luǒzǐzhíwùmén | - gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) |
| 西门子公司 | 西門子公司 | XīménzǐGōngsī | - Siemens AG |
| 铁将军把门 | 鐵將軍把門 | tiějiāngjūnbǎmén | - lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) - fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside |
| 雅典的泰门 | 雅典的泰門 | YǎdiǎndeTàimén | - Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4] |
| 飨以闭门羹 | 饗以閉門羹 | xiǎngyǐbìméngēng | - to close the door in one's face (idiom) |
| 鲤鱼跳龙门 | 鯉魚跳龍門 | lǐyútiàolóngmén | - to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom) - to get one's big break |
| 龙门山断层 | 龍門山斷層 | Lóngménshānduàncéng | - Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin |
| 不得其门而入 | 不得其門而入 | bùdéqíménérrù | - to be unable to get in - to fail to find a proper approach to handling sth |
| 伊娃・门德斯 | 伊娃・門德斯 | Yīwá·Méndésī | - Eva Mendes, American actress |
| 伤寒沙门氏菌 | 傷寒沙門氏菌 | shānghánshāménshìjūn | - salmonella typhimurium |
| 国际网络门户 | 國際網絡門戶 | guójìwǎngluòménhù | - Internet portal |
| 幽门螺旋杆菌 | 幽門螺旋桿菌 | yōuménluóxuángǎnjūn | - Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium) |
| 板门店停战村 | 板門店停戰村 | Bǎnméndiàntíngzhàncūn | - Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea |
| 澳门国际机场 | 澳門國際機場 | ÀoménGuójìJīchǎng | - Macau International Airport |
| 船到桥门自会直 | 船到橋門自會直 | chuándàoqiáoménzìhuìzhí | - 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) |
| 门源回族自治县 | 門源回族自治縣 | MényuánHuízúzìzhìxiàn | - Menyuan Hui autonomous county in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hai3 bei3 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai |
| 门兴格拉德巴赫 | 門興格拉德巴赫 | Ménxīnggélādébāhè | - Mönchengladbach (city in Germany) |
| 阿黑门尼德王朝 | 阿黑門尼德王朝 | ĀhēiménnídéWángcháo | - Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC) |
| 上天无路，入地无门 | 上天無路，入地無門 | shàngtiānwúlù,rùdìwúmén | - lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) - fig. to be at the end of one's rope - to be trapped in a hopeless situation |
| 前门打虎，后门打狼 | 前門打虎，後門打狼 | qiánméndǎhǔ,hòuméndǎláng | - to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another |
| 前门拒虎，后门进狼 | 前門拒虎，後門進狼 | qiánménjùhǔ,hòuménjìnláng | - to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another |
| 城门失火，殃及池鱼 | 城門失火，殃及池魚 | chéngménshīhuǒ,yāngjíchíyú | - a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer - fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions - ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee |
| 门庭冷落，门堪罗雀 | 門庭冷落，門堪羅雀 | méntínglěngluò,ménkānluóquè | - The courtyard is deserted, you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted |
| 不是一家人不进一家门 | 不是一家人不進一家門 | bùshìyījiārénbùjìnyījiāmén | - people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom) - marriages are predestined - people marry because they share common traits |
| 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门 | 不做虧心事，不怕鬼敲門 | bùzuòkuīxīnshì,bùpàguǐqiāomén | - He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. - Rest with a clear conscience. |
| 内行看门道，外行看热闹 | 內行看門道，外行看熱鬧 | nèihángkànméndao,wàihángkànrènao | - while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show |
| 在家千日好，出门一时难 | 在家千日好，出門一時難 | zàijiāqiānrìhǎo,chūményīshínán | - lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom) - fig. there's no place like home |
| 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友 | 在家靠父母，出門靠朋友 | zàijiākàofùmǔ,chūménkàopéngyou | - one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom) |
| 好事不出门，恶事传千里 | 好事不出門，惡事傳千里 | hǎoshìbùchūmén,èshìchuánqiānlǐ | - lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles - a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom) |
| 师父领进门，修行在个人 | 師父領進門，修行在個人 | shīfulǐngjìnmén,xiūxíngzàigèrén | - the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you - you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink |
| 秀才不出门，全知天下事 | 秀才不出門，全知天下事 | xiùcaibùchūmén,quánzhītiānxiàshì | - a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) |
| 秀才不出门，能知天下事 | 秀才不出門，能知天下事 | xiùcaibùchūmén,néngzhītiānxiàshì | - a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) |
| 临时澳门市政执行委员会 | 臨時澳門市政執行委員會 | línshíÀoménshìzhèngzhíxíngwěiyuánhuì | - Provisional Municipal Council of Macau - Câmara Municipal de Macau Provisória |
| 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 | 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 | gèrénzìsǎoménqiánxuě,mòguǎntājiāwǎshàngshuāng | - sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom) |
| 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 | 平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚 | píngshēngbùzuòkuīxīnshì,bànyèqiāoménxīnbùjīng | - He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. - Rest with a clear conscience. |
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