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HSK
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
door frame
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *户* | 户* | *户
a household / door / family
HSK 4
to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *门* | 门* | *门
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
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level
HSK 5
lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away
facing death / at death's door
closed-door policy
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 hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face
door of a room
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 ~
splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family
at death's door
next-door neighbor; neighboring household
to rush out through a door (idiom)
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
to wear out the doorstep (idiom) / to crowd at sb's door
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
house door / family clan
back door; back gate / (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor
side door / wicket door
lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away
(literary) next-door neighbor / near; next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]
to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door
revolving door
swing door
to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
arched door
airtight door
double door
neighbor / person next door
to discuss behind closed doors
to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom) / fig. completely deserted
to be refused entrance; to find the door closed
(of doors, windows etc) to fit snugly when closed; to close nicely
pull tab (on a drink can) / strap handle (on a bus or train) / ring-shaped door handle
to close the door (when going through it)
door knob / door handle / also pr. [men2 ba4]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阑* | 阑* | *阑
railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late
next door / neighbor
HSK 5
half-open door / fig. prostitute
gate / door with grating / turnstile / logical gate (electronics)
to leave the door unlocked for sb
next-door neighbor
entrance and exit door
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铺* | 铺* | *铺
to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker
HSK 6
dog door
door god
to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
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
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
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
holder for door knocker
door knob; door handle
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
the Doors, US rock band
entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㝉* | 㝉* | *㝉
to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
side door
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樘* | 樘* | *樘
pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows
to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)
a door-like or hinged cover (e.g. fuel door on a car, access hatch on a machine etc)
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)
open door policy / Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel
(onom.) bang (door slamming shut etc) / rat-a-tat (knocking on a door etc)
door / the opening panel of a door
(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
HSK 7-9
door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
to come to sb's door / to call on sb
side door
pants fly is down / the barn door is open
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)
car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
to close (a window) completely; to shut (a door) properly; to turn off (a faucet) tightly
to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
to be at death's door (idiom)
door / doorman (old) / hanger-on of an aristocrat / social influence / pull / classifier for relatives, marriages etc
roll-up door; roller shutter door
side door / wicket door
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
to break in / to force a door
hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)
door lock
to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense
lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status
door frame / door pillars
small side door of a palace
(railway) platform screen doors / platform-edge doors
lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom) / fig. deep reverence for one's master

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