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) syn 受 shòu to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom syn 屁股 pì gu buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn 究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result syn 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 海底 hǎi dǐ seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart syn 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 底部 dǐ bù bottom syn 查清 chá qīng to find out / to ascertain / to get to the bottom of / to clarify syn 彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn 活塞 huó sāi piston / valve syn 阀门 閥門 fá mén valve (mechanical) syn 满心 滿心 mǎn xīn one's whole heart / from the bottom of one's heart syn 水底 shuǐ dǐ the bottom of a body of water 肺腑 fèi fǔ bottom of the heart (fig.) syn 穷尽 窮盡 qióng jìn to use up / to exhaust / to probe to the bottom / limit / end syn 下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom syn 底子 dǐ zi base / foundation / bottom syn 追根 zhuī gēn to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth syn 瓣膜 bàn mó valve (biological) syn 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 寻根 尋根 xún gēn to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter 锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) syn 井底之蛙 jǐng dǐ zhī wā lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience syn 底限 dǐ xiàn lowest limit / bottom line syn 街头巷尾 街頭巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 肺腑之言 fèi fǔ zhī yán words from the bottom of one's heart syn 气门 氣門 qì mén valve (esp. tire valve) / accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门) / stigma (zool.) / spiracle 电子管 電子管 diàn zǐ guǎn valve (electronics) / vacuum tube syn 安全阀 安全閥 ān quán fá safety valve 拍马 拍馬 pāi mǎ to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady 坐井观天 坐井觀天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded syn 根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn 溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liū xū pāi mǎ to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom) / to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking syn 心坎 xīn kǎn bottom of one's heart syn 自下而上 zì xià ér shàng bottom-up 节流 節流 jié liú to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 电磁阀 電磁閥 diàn cí fá solenoid valve 球阀 球閥 qiú fá ball valve 屁屁 pì pi (child's term) buttocks / bottom 龙宫 龍宮 lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea syn 底面 dǐ miàn bottom / bottom side / bottom surface 底端 dǐ duān bottom / bottom side / end part 纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn 中轴 中軸 zhōng zhóu axis / (bicycle) bottom bracket 脚轮 腳輪 jiǎo lún caster (attached to the bottom of furniture, trolleys etc) 打屁股 dǎ pì gu to spank sb's bottom 底 dǐ bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) syn 摆 擺 bǎi hem (at the bottom of a garment) syn 阀 閥 fá powerful individual, family or group / clique / (loanword) valve syn 瓣 bàn petal / segment / clove (of garlic) / piece / section / fragment / valve / lamella / classifier for pieces, segments etc syn 活门 活門 huó mén valve syn 刨根问底 刨根問底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 海床 hǎi chuáng seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 抓斗 抓鬥 grab sampler / bottom grab / grab / snapper 罨 yǎn foment / valve syn 下装 下裝 xià zhuāng to take off costume and makeup / bottom garment (trousers etc) syn 二尖瓣 èr jiān bàn mitral valve (physiology) 追根问底 追根問底 zhuī gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 调门 調門 tiáo mén valve 尾大不掉 wěi dà bù diào large tail obstructs action (idiom) / bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates 盘根问底 盤根問底 pán gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 盘根究底 盤根究底 pán gēn jiū dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 询根问底 詢根問底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 追根溯源 zhuī gēn sù yuán to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth 颜面扫地 顏面掃地 yán miàn sǎo dì lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) 釜底游鱼 釜底游魚 jǐn dǐ yóu yú a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom) / in a desperate situation 穷则思变 窮則思變 qióng zé sī biàn (idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach 釜底游鱼 釜底游魚 fǔ dǐ yóu yú a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom) / in a desperate situation 海底特征 seabed characteristics / bottom characteristics / seabed types / nature of the bottom / character of the bottom 顶阀 頂閥 dǐng fá top valve / head valve 闸阀 閘閥 zhá fá gate valve / sluice valve 吸入阀 吸入閥 xī rù fá suction valve 单瓣 單瓣 dān bàn single petal / single valve syn 汽阀 汽閥 qì fá steam valve 泄洪闸 洩洪閘 xiè hóng zhá sluice-gate / flood discharge valve 活瓣 huó bàn valve syn 筒阀 筒閥 tǒng fá a sleeve valve 管座 guǎn zuò to mount an electronic valve / to plug in a bulb 阀芯 閥芯 fá xīn valve stem 心瓣 xīn bàn heart valve 波纹管阀 bō wén guǎn fá bellows valve 气缸盖阀门研磨机 氣缸蓋閥門研磨機 cylinder head valve grinder 二级头呼吸器 二級頭呼吸器 èr jí tóu hū xī qì (scuba diving) regulator / demand valve 半月瓣 bàn yuè bàn semilunar valve (anatomy) 角阀 角閥 jiǎo fá angle valve 下齿 下齒 xià chǐ bottom teeth 下至上 xià zhì shàng bottom to top 自下而上的加工 zì xià ér shàng de jiā gōng bottom-up processing 椳 wēi the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns 下而上 xià ér shàng bottom to top (of listing) 低速挡 低速擋 dī sù dǎng low gear / bottom gear 出自肺腑 chū zì fèi fǔ from the bottom of one's heart (idiom) 寻根问底 尋根問底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 底夸克 dǐ kuā kè bottom quark (particle physics) 