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doorstep / sill / threshold / fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
HSK 7-9
to wear out the doorstep (idiom) / to crowd at sb's door
(idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly / also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
doorsill
nuclear threshold
cage (for animals)
cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds
railings of a balcony
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  *槛* | 槛* | *槛
banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart
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  *槛* | 槛* | *槛
door sill / threshold
railing / fence / banisters
carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment


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