"door sill" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
槛檻	kǎn	door sill / threshold	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
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
开门開門	kāi mén	to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
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
关上關上	guān shàng	to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)	syn
隔壁	gé bì	next door / neighbor	syn
大门大門	dà mén	entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
后门後門	hòu mén	back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor	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
敲门敲門	qiāo mén	to knock on a door	syn
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
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)
门外門外	mén wài	outside the door
门锁門鎖	mén suǒ	door lock
家门家門	jiā mén	house door / family clan	syn
车门車門	chē mén	car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc
门前門前	mén qián	in front of the door
锁门鎖門	suǒ mén	to lock the door
临死臨死	lín sǐ	facing death / at death's door
找上门找上門	zhǎo shàng mén	to come to sb's door / to call on sb	syn
房门房門	fáng mén	door of a room
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
邻家鄰家	lín jiā	next-door neighbor / neighboring household	syn
门户門戶	mén hù	door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel	syn
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)
门槛門檻	mén kǎn	doorstep / sill / threshold / fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)	syn
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
侧门側門	cè mén	side door	syn
拱门拱門	gǒng mén	arched door
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
苟延残喘苟延殘喘	gǒu yán cán chuǎn	to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)	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
门闩門閂	mén shuān	horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt	syn
门牌門牌	mén pái	door plate / house number
门框門框	mén kuàng	door frame
旋转门旋轉門	xuán zhuǎn mén	revolving door
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
边门邊門	biān mén	side door / wicket door	syn
门神門神	mén shén	door god
猫眼貓眼	māo yǎn	peephole (in a door) / (mineralogy) chrysoberyl
防盗门防盜門	fáng dào mén	security door
门环門環	mén huán	door knocker (in the shape of a ring)	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
比邻比鄰	bǐ lín	(literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]	syn
左邻右舍左鄰右舍	zuǒ lín yòu shè	neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work	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
旁门旁門	páng mén	side door	syn
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)
叩门叩門	kòu mén	to knock on a door	syn
走出	zǒu chū	to leave (a room etc) / to go out through (a door etc)
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
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)
闭门閉門	bì mén	to close a 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
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
拧开擰開	nǐng kāi	to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
卷门捲門	juǎn mén	rolling door / roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc)
加封	jiā fēng	to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
推拉门推拉門	tuī lā mén	sliding door
偏门偏門	piān mén	side door / doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly)
帘幕	lián mù	hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)	syn
探身	tàn shēn	to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc)
门扇門扇	mén shàn	door / the opening panel of a door	syn
盈门盈門	yíng mén	lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion)
下逐客令	xià zhú kè lìng	to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave
栅门柵門	zhà mén	gate / door with grating / turnstile / logical gate (electronics)
邻舍鄰舍	lín shè	neighbor / person next door	syn
命在旦夕	mìng zài dàn xī	to be at death's door (idiom)	syn
撬门撬門	qiào mén	to break in / to force a door
暗闇	àn	(literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4])	syn
户戶	hù	a household / door / family	syn
铺鋪	pū	to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker	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
㝉宁	zhù	to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen
破门而入破門而入	pò mén ér rù	to break the door down and enter (idiom)
咚	dōng	(onom.) boom (of a drum) / knock (on the door)	syn
拒之门外拒之門外	jù zhī mén wài	to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
闺閨	guī	small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women
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
辟闢	pì	to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating / incisive	syn
擂	léi	to pound (with a mortar and pestle) / to hit (a person) / to beat (a drum) / to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold	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
转门轉門	zhuàn mén	revolving door / turnstile
阑闌	lán	railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late	syn
阖闔	gé	door / to close / whole	syn
阖闔	hé	door / to close / whole	syn
咣	guāng	(onom.) bang / door banging shut	syn
扉	fēi	door with only one leaf	syn
闱闈	wéi	door to women's room / gate to palace	syn
扦	qiān	short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc)
樘	táng	pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows	syn
吃闭门羹吃閉門羹	chī bì mén gēng	to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed	syn
便门便門	biàn mén	side door / wicket door
匾	biǎn	horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket	syn
闼闥	tà	door of an inner room	syn
钤鈐	qián	latch of door / seal
阆閬	làng	(literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall
枨棖	chéng	door post

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"door sill" Chinese-English Dictionary

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