龙门
Lóng mén
Pinyin

Definition

龙门
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Lóng mén
  1. Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[Huì zhōu], Guangdong
  2. mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

出门
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
厦门
Xià mén
  1. 1 Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xià]
生龙活虎
shēng lóng huó hǔ
  1. 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. vigorous and lively
部门
bù mén
  1. 1 department
  2. 2 branch
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 division
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
门
Mén
  1. 1 surname Men
门口
mén kǒu
  1. 1 doorway
  2. 2 gate
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
开门
kāi mén
  1. 1 to open a door (lit. and fig.)
  2. 2 to open for business
龙
Lóng
  1. 1 surname Long
龙年
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
龙马精神
lóng mǎ jīng shén
  1. 1 old but still full of vitality (idiom)
上门
shàng mén
  1. 1 to drop in
  2. 2 to visit
  3. 3 to lock a door
  4. 4 (of a shop) to close
  5. 5 to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
串门
chuàn mén
  1. 1 to call on sb
  2. 2 to drop in
  3. 3 to visit sb's home
九龙
Jiǔ lóng
  1. 1 Kowloon district of Hong Kong
五花八门
wǔ huā bā mén
  1. 1 myriad
  2. 2 all kinds of
  3. 3 all sorts of
亚龙湾
Yà lóng Wān
  1. 1 Yalong Bay in Sanya 三亞|三亚[Sān yà], Hainan
佛门
Fó mén
  1. 1 Buddhism
倚天屠龙记
Yǐ tiān Tú lóng Jì
  1. 1 Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jīn Yōng] and its screen adaptations
入门
rù mén
  1. 1 entrance door
  2. 2 to enter a door
  3. 3 introduction (to a subject)
冷门
lěng mén
  1. 1 a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc)
  2. 2 fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition
凯旋门
kǎi xuán mén
  1. 1 triumphal arch

Idioms (20)

一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
伏龙凤雏
fú lóng fèng chú
  1. 1 hidden genius (idiom)
来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài
  1. 1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
  3. 3 causes and effects
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
  1. 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
  2. 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
光耀门楣
guāng yào mén méi
  1. 1 splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to bring honor to one's family
前门打虎，后门打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng
  1. 1 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
qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng
  1. 1 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
吃闭门羹
chī bì mén gēng
  1. 1 to be refused entrance (idiom)
  2. 2 to find the door closed
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
名门望族
míng mén wàng zú
  1. 1 offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
  2. 2 blue blood
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
大排长龙
dà pái cháng lóng
  1. 1 to form a long queue (idiom)
  2. 2 (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
大水冲了龙王庙
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
  1. 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
  3. 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
夺门而出
duó mén ér chū
  1. 1 to rush out through a door (idiom)
好事不出门，恶事传千里
hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
  2. 2 a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)

Sample Sentences

成都人之所以爱进茶馆，主要还因为在那里可以大摆其“龙门阵”。
Chéngdūrén zhī suǒyǐ ài jìn cháguǎn ，zhǔyào hái yīnwèi zài nàlǐ kěyǐ dà bǎi qí “lóngménzhèn ”。
The main reason that Chengdu people like to go to tea houses is that they can chat there.
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