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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戶* | 戶* | *戶
a household / door / family
HSK 4
entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *門* | 門* | *門
gate / door / CL: / 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
to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
HSK 1
entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level
HSK 5
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
next door / neighbor
HSK 5
to knock on a door
HSK 5
to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)
to shut the door in sb's face
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
to stand close to the door
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鋪* | 鋪* | *鋪
to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扇* | 扇* | *扇
fan / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth / classifier for doors, windows etc
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宁* | 宁* | *宁
to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen
airtight door
(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
HSK 7-9
to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
side door
to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
at death's door
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
the Doors, US rock band
door of a room
to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage
to rush out through a door (idiom)
far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away
to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
sliding door
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *框* | 框* | *框
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
lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay
security door
HSK 7-9
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)
back door; back gate / (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor
to be refused entrance; to find the door closed
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
arched door
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
revolving door
to knock on a door
door and window / the home
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 ~
dog door
to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
to lock the door
gate / door with grating / turnstile / logical gate (electronics)
neighbor / person next door
to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樘* | 樘* | *樘
pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows
car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc
lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status
to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door
(onom.) bang (door slamming shut etc) / rat-a-tat (knocking on a door etc)
next-door neighbor
double door
side door / wicket door
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
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)
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
to be at death's door (idiom)
to come to sb's door / to call on sb
door / doorman (old) / hanger-on of an aristocrat / social influence / pull / classifier for relatives, marriages etc
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
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
(literary) next-door neighbor / near; next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]
holder for door knocker
door god
open door policy / Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel
door knocker (in the shape of a ring)
closed-door policy
roll-up door; roller shutter door
lit. to open a room / fig. to settle in a quiet room / behind closed doors
door knob / door handle / also pr. [men2 ba4]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戺* | 戺* | *戺
door pivot
lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion)
a door-like or hinged cover (e.g. fuel door on a car, access hatch on a machine etc)
door frame / door pillars
lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) / fig. to be at the end of one's rope / to be trapped in a hopeless situation
(literary) mythical creature resembling a tiger whose image was painted on prison doors / (literary) prison
swing door
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擂* | 擂* | *擂
to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *檻* | 檻* | *檻
door sill / threshold
sliding door
outside the door
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *匾* | 匾* | *匾
horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket
to slam (a door) / to fling up; to splash up
to leave the door unlocked for sb
entrance and exit door
to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court
latch / bolt (to lock a door or window)
in front of the door
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闌* | 闌* | *闌
railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late
side door
pet door; pet flap
privately; secretly; behind closed doors
(railway) platform screen doors / platform-edge doors
wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty

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