|  | to close (a door)  / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | 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   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | gate   / door   / CL: 扇 / gateway   / doorway   / CL: 個|个 / 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)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | a household  / door  / family   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | road; path (CL: 條|条, 股)   / (bound form) way; reason; principle   / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization   / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao   / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)   / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)   / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process   / (old) circuit (administrative division)   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | entrance door  / to enter a door  / to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level   | HSK 5  | 
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 |  | entrance  / door  / gate  / large and influential family   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | next door  / neighbor   | HSK 5  | 
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 |  | to knock on a door   | HSK 5  | 
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 |  | to spread  / to display  / to set up  / (old) holder for door-knocker   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | 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   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | fan  / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth  / classifier for doors, windows etc   | HSK 5  | 
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 |  | locked in (with the door locked from the outside)   |  | 
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 |  | to close a door  / to lock a door  / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)   |  | 
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 |  | lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door  / close in spirit although far away   |  | 
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 |  | facing death  / at death's door   |  | 
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 |  | (literary) to close (a door)   / to eclipse   / confused; ignorant (variant of  暗)   / dark (variant of  暗)   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | (lit.) to enter through the back door  / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections  / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to hit a wall  / (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face   |  | 
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 |  | door of a room   |  | 
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 |  | to get sth open by tapping or striking it   / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼ 的大門|∼ 的大门) to open the door to ~   / to gain access to ~   |  | 
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 |  | splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)  / fig. to bring honor to one's family   |  | 
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 |  | at death's door   |  | 
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 |  | next-door neighbor; neighboring household   |  | 
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 |  | to rush out through a door (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | to wear out the doorstep (idiom)  / to crowd at sb's door   |  | 
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 |  | locked in (with the door locked from the outside)   |  | 
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 |  | house door  / family clan   |  | 
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 |  | back door; back gate  / (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings  / anus  / (computing) backdoor   |  | 
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 |  | side door  / wicket door   |  | 
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 |  | lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom)  / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard   |  | 
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 |  | far-flung realms as next door (idiom)  / close in spirit although far away   |  | 
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 |  | (literary) next-door neighbor  / near; next to  / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]   |  | 
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 |  | to open the back door  / fig. under the counter  / to do a secret or dishonest deal  / to let sth in by the back door   |  | 
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 |  | swing door   |  | 
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 |  | to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)   |  | 
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 |  | 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   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | 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]   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | neighbor  / person next door   |  | 
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 |  | to discuss behind closed doors   |  | 
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 |  | to lock one's door and refuse to see sb   |  | 
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 |  | front door   / main entrance   / honest and upright approach (as opposed to  後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)   |  | 
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 |  | lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom)  / fig. completely deserted   |  | 
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 |  | to be refused entrance; to find the door closed   |  | 
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 |  | (of doors, windows etc) to fit snugly when closed; to close nicely   |  | 
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 |  | pull tab (on a drink can)  / strap handle (on a bus or train)  / ring-shaped door handle   |  | 
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 |  | to close the door (when going through it)   |  | 
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 |  | door knob  / door handle  / also pr. [men2 ba4]   |  | 
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 |  | railing  / balustrade  / door-screen  / exhausted  / late   |  | 
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 |  | half-open door  / fig. prostitute   |  | 
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 |  | gate  / door with grating  / turnstile  / logical gate (electronics)   |  | 
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 |  | to leave the door unlocked for sb   |  | 
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 |  | dog door   |  | 
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 |  | security door   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document)  / to confer an additional title on a nobleman   |  | 
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 |  | the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you  / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink   |  | 
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 |  | 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   |  | 
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 |  | lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient  / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune   |  | 
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 |  | holder for door knocker   |  | 
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 |  | door knob; door handle   |  | 
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 |  | to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel)  / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit)  / closed-loop   |  | 
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 |  | to store  / to stand  / space between the door and the entrance screen   |  | 
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 |  | neighbors  / next-door neighbors  / related work units  / colleagues doing related work   |  | 
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 |  | side door   |  | 
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 |  | pillar  / door post  / door or window frame  / classifier for doors or windows   |  | 
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 |  | to burst or force open a door  / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church)  / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)   |  | 
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 |  | a door-like or hinged cover (e.g. fuel door on a car, access hatch on a machine etc)   |  | 
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 |  | lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival  元宵節|元宵节  / (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)   |  | 
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 |  | open door policy  / Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel   |  | 
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 |  | (onom.) bang (door slamming shut etc)  / rat-a-tat (knocking on a door etc)   |  | 
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 |  | door  / the opening panel of a door   |  | 
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 |  | door  / strategic gateway  / portal  / faction  / sect  / family status  / family  / web portal  / (old) brothel   |  | 
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 |  | to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later  / to decide behind closed doors  / all cut and dried   |  | 
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 |  | to come to sb's door  / to call on sb   |  | 
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 |  | side door   |  | 
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 |  | pants fly is down  / the barn door is open   |  | 
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 |  | 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)   |  | 
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 |  | car door  / door of bus, railway carriage etc   |  | 
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 |  | lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing   |  | 
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 |  | to close (a window) completely; to shut (a door) properly; to turn off (a faucet) tightly   |  | 
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 |  | to open a door (lit. and fig.)  / to open for business   |  | 
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 |  | to be at death's door (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | door  / doorman (old)  / hanger-on of an aristocrat  / social influence  / pull  / classifier for relatives, marriages etc   |  | 
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 |  | roll-up door; roller shutter door   |  | 
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 |  | side door  / wicket door   |  | 
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 |  | 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   |  | 
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 |  | to break in  / to force a door   |  | 
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 |  | hanging screen  / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)   |  | 
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