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"(fig.) revolving door" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
联合国自然资源勘探循环基金 聯合國自然資源勘探循環基金 United Nations Revolving Fund for Natural Resources Exploration / Revolving Fund for Natural Resources Exploration
自然资源勘探循环基金 自然資源勘探循環基金 United Nations Revolving Fund for Natural Resources Exploration / Revolving Fund for Natural Resources Exploration
旋转门 旋轉門 xuán zhuǎn mén revolving door
转门 轉門 zhuàn mén revolving door / turnstile
安保旋转门 安保旋轉門 security revolving door
后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn
开后门 開後門 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 syn
铁将军把门 鐵將軍把門 tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
入门 入門 rù mén entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject / introduction (to a subject) / (attributive) entry-level
车门 車門 chē mén car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc
关门 關門 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) syn
前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
门把 門把 mén bǎ door knob / door handle / also pr. [men2 ba4]
卷帘门 捲帘門 juǎn lián mén roll-up door / roller shutter door
偏门 偏門 piān mén side door / doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly)
门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn
门扇 門扇 mén shàn door / the opening panel of a door syn
边门 邊門 biān mén side door / wicket door syn
便门 便門 biàn mén side door / wicket door
掩 yǎn to cover up / to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack syn
樘 táng pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows syn
扃 jiōng (literary) to shut or bolt a door / door syn
楗 jiàn 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)
椳 wēi the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns
吊门 吊門 diào mén an overhung door / a door that hinges upwards
挨门 挨門 āi mén from door to door, one by one
门到门 門到門 mén dào mén door to door
门边框 門邊框 mén biān kuàng door frame / door pillars
𠳐 bāng (onom.) bang (door slamming shut etc) / rat-a-tat (knocking on a door etc)
走后门 走後門 zǒu hòu mén (lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex syn
周转金 週轉金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover
旋转餐厅 旋轉餐廳 xuán zhuǎn cān tīng revolving restaurant
主席国 主席國 zhǔ xí guó chair country / country holding revolving presidency
当地偿还的循环核心预算资源调拨目标 locally reimbursed revolving TRAC
循环贷款 循環貸款 xún huán dài kuǎn revolving loan
循环基金 循環基金 xún huán jī jīn revolving fund
投资前循环基金 投資前循環基金 tóu zī qián xún huán jī jīn pre-investment revolving fund
中央应急循环基金 中央應急循環基金 Central Emergency Revolving Fund
人道主义循环基金 人道主義循環基金 rén dào zhǔ yì xún huán jī jīn Humanitarian Revolving Fund
新闻循环基金 新聞循環基金 Public Information Revolving Fund
循环信贷基金 循環信貸基金 Revolving Credit Fund
药物循环基金 藥物循環基金 drug revolving fund
自然资源勘探循环基金问题政府间工作组 自然資源勘探循環基金問題政府間工作組 Intergovernmental Working Group on the Revolving Fund for Natural Resources Exploration
统计事务循环基金 統計事務循環基金 Statistical Services Revolving Fund
餐桌转盘 餐桌轉盤 cān zhuō zhuàn pán revolving tray on a dining table / lazy Susan
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
开门见山 開門見山 kāi mén jiàn shān lit. to open the door and see the mountain / fig. to get right to the point (idiom) syn
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 syn
亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 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 syn
门楣 門楣 mén méi lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status syn
绝处逢生 絕處逢生 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 syn
门可罗雀 門可羅雀 mén kě luó què lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom) / fig. completely deserted syn
框 kuàng 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] syn
闺 閨 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women
敲门砖 敲門磚 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune syn
杜门不出 杜門不出 dù mén bù chū to shut the door and remain inside / fig. to cut off contact
筚门闺窦 篳門閨竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty
荜门圭窦 蓽門圭竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty
闭门觅句 閉門覓句 bì mén mì jù lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom) / fig. the serious hard work of writing
程门立雪 程門立雪 chéng mén lì xuě lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom) / fig. deep reverence for one's master
光耀门楣 光耀門楣 guāng yào mén méi splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family
前门打虎，后门打狼 前門打虎，後門打狼 qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng 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 qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng 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
半开门 半開門 bàn kāi mén half-open door / fig. prostitute
杜门 杜門 dù mén to close the door (lit. and fig.)
流水不腐，户枢不蠹 流水不腐，戶樞不蠹 liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay
上天无路，入地无门 上天無路，入地無門 shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén 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
关门打狗 關門打狗 guān mén dǎ gǒu lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn
鬼扯脚 鬼扯腳 guǐ chě jiǎo lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it
外溢 wài yì (of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc) / to go out through (a door etc)
上门 上門 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 syn
锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn
门外 門外 mén wài outside the door
门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door
房门 房門 fáng mén door of a room
隔壁 gé bì next door / neighbor syn
进门 進門 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 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn
关上 關上 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) syn
敲门 敲門 qiāo mén to knock on a door syn
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 破門 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 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door
门锁 門鎖 mén suǒ door lock
防盗门 防盜門 fáng dào mén security door
邻家 鄰家 lín jiā next-door neighbor / neighboring household syn
找上门 找上門 zhǎo shàng mén to come to sb's door / to call on sb syn
门牌 門牌 mén pái door plate / house number
闭门 閉門 bì mén to close a door
猫眼 貓眼 māo yǎn peephole (in a door) / (mineralogy) chrysoberyl
门框 門框 mén kuàng door frame
门神 門神 mén shén door god
拱门 拱門 gǒng mén arched door
敲开 敲開 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 ~ syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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