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 后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor 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 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 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 门边框 門邊框 mén biān kuàng door frame / door pillars 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 𠳐 bāng (onom.) bang (door slamming shut etc) / rat-a-tat (knocking on a door etc) 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 开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 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 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 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 侧门 側門 cè mén side door 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 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 锁门 鎖門 suǒ mén to lock the door 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) 比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn 门楣 門楣 mén méi lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status syn 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 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 卷门 捲門 juǎn mén rolling door / roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc) 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 叩门 叩門 kòu mén to knock on a door syn 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 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 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 盈门 盈門 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) 旁门 旁門 páng mén side door 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 旋转门 旋轉門 xuán zhuǎn mén revolving door 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 门环 門環 mén huán door knocker (in the shape of a ring) syn 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 吃闭门羹 吃閉門羹 chī bì mén gēng to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed syn 转门 轉門 zhuàn mén revolving door / turnstile 户 戶 hù a household / door / family syn 暗 闇 àn (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4]) syn 铺 鋪 pū to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker syn 辟 闢 pì to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating / incisive 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 咚 dōng (onom.) boom (of a drum) / knock (on the door) syn 闺 閨 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women 槛 檻 kǎn door sill / threshold syn 匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket 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 阑 闌 lán railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late syn 扉 fēi door with only one leaf 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 闱 闈 wéi door to women's room / gate to palace syn 