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Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose) / specially; specifically (for a particular purpose) / (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special
HSK 3
strange / unusual / evil ways / dishonest practices
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
glottis
to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home
HSK 7-9
(archaic) capital's gate / country's border
to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married
HSK 2
to visit sb at home
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
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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
a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) / fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition
HSK 7-9
Buddhism
to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
personnel office
entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level
HSK 5
military branch
city gate
Brahmin
shutter
to keep goal / on duty as gatekeeper
the one and only way / the only proper course to take
popular; hot; in vogue
HSK 5
door of a room
Xuanwumen, Beijing
(soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal
see 龍門縣|龙门县 / see 龍門石窟|龙门石窟 / see 龍門山|龙门山 / Dragon Gate, mythical gate at the crest of a waterfall over which a carp may leap to become a dragon; (fig.) gateway to success or greatness
house door / family clan
back door; back gate / (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor
side door / wicket door
the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇
a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth)
HSK 7-9
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
goalmouth (in soccer)
forehead
arched door
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death) / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山 / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace
poor and humble family / my family (humble)
Carmen (name) / Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美
family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)
airtight door
double door
Yemen
to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom) / to get one's big break
Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2
front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case
triumphal arch
voice / windpipe
to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth
Fuxingmen neighborhood of Beijing
monastery main gate (Buddhism) / monastery
Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (abbr. to )
Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
to close the door (when going through it)
to come from a distinguished family
Achilles' heel / chink in the armor
administrative department / administration / executive (government branch)
corner gate
to pass through a doorway / (of a woman) to marry / orchestral music interlude in an opera
wealthy and influential family
half-open door / fig. prostitute
gate / door with grating / turnstile / logical gate (electronics)
to leave the door unlocked for sb
entrance and exit door
famous family / prestigious house
lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble
boarding gate
to introduce oneself / originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role
turnstile
(dialect) stingy
accelerator (pedal) / gas pedal / throttle
valve (mechanical)
HSK 7-9
to excommunicate (from a church)
Vertebrata, the phylum of vertebrates
Santimen township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
the Doors, US rock band
entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
HSK 2
(Tw) field of knowledge / academic discipline
Mormon (religion)
side door
customs section
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)
yamen, government office in dynastic China
Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan / Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州, Fujian, PRC
defensive gate
two simultaneous happy events in the family
Guanganmen in Xuanwu 宣武區|宣武区 district of southwest Beijing
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
HSK 7-9
(TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point

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