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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 / gate / large and influential family
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戶* | 戶* | *戶
a household / door / family
HSK 4
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闇* | 闇* | *闇
(literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused; ignorant (variant of ) / dark (variant of )
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扇* | 扇* | *扇
fan / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth / classifier for doors, windows etc
HSK 5
entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level
HSK 5
to knock on a door
HSK 5
next door / neighbor
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鋪* | 鋪* | *鋪
to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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
(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
HSK 7-9
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
security door
HSK 7-9
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
the Doors, US rock band
back door; back gate / (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor
door plate / house number
to close the door (lit. and fig.)
car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc
door of a room
outside the door
house door / family clan
to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闢* | 闢* | *闢
to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel; to refute; to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating; incisive
door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咚* | 咚* | *咚
(onom.) boom (of a drum) / knock (on the door)
to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)
screen door
next-door neighbor; neighboring household
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *閨* | 閨* | *閨
small arched door / boudoir; lady's chamber / (fig.) women
in front of the door
door knob / door handle / also pr. [men2 ba4]
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掩* | 掩* | *掩
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
facing death / at death's door
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闔* | 闔* | *闔
door / to close / whole
door god
to come to sb's door / to call on sb
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樘* | 樘* | *樘
pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows
arched door
to close a door
lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
(literary) next-door neighbor / near; next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]
front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
to lock the door
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扂* | 扂* | *扂
door latch
neighbor / person next door
door frame
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *匾* | 匾* | *匾
horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戺* | 戺* | *戺
door pivot
side door
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door
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
to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
privately; secretly; behind closed doors
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宁* | 宁* | *宁
to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
to partially obscure / (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked / (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned
to knock on a door
to break the door down and enter (idiom)
couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)
horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt
side door
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status
side door / doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly)
lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion)
door / doorman (old) / hanger-on of an aristocrat / social influence / pull / classifier for relatives, marriages etc
to rush out through a door (idiom)
to close the door (when going through it)
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)
hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)
lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom) / fig. completely deserted
revolving door
splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family
couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)
to answer the door
to break in / to force a door
side door / wicket door
lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扊* | 扊* | *扊
upright bar for fastening a door
side door / wicket door
an overhung door / a door that hinges upwards
swing door
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
door and window / the home
gate / door with grating / turnstile / logical gate (electronics)
to leave the door unlocked for sb
door / the opening panel of a door
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to knock on the door / to take a shot on goal (sports)
far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away
roll-up door; roller shutter door
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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