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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
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
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  *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
to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married
HSK 2
doorway / gate / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
ticket (for theater, cinema 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
entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
HSK 2
popular; hot; in vogue
HSK 5
department / branch / section / division / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
outpatient service
HSK 5
to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home
HSK 7-9
dooring (accident caused by opening a vehicle door into traffic)
myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of
HSK 7-9
Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
strange / unusual / evil ways / dishonest practices
disciple / follower / hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home)
a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) / fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition
HSK 7-9
to knock on a door
HSK 5
entrance hall / vestibule
way of doing sth / the right social connection
HSK 7-9
doorstep / sill / threshold / fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
HSK 7-9
Shimen, a county in Changde City 常德市, Hunan
outpatient department
door frame
glottis
area above the lintel of a doorway
Xiamen University
house call fee / callout fee
specialist / specialized staff
Haimen, a district of Nantong City 南通市, Jiangsu
a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth)
HSK 7-9
(archaic) capital's gate / country's border
Tiananmen Square
Watergate scandal
door number / (Tw) mobile phone number
goalkeeper
to visit sb at home
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  *门* | 门* | *门
surname Men
web portal
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
HSK 7-9
gatekeeper
Eva Mendes, American actress
Buddhism
to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
introductory course / primer
Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
personnel office
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group
military branch
lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
valve (mechanical)
HSK 7-9
Sanmenxia, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
city gate
Brahmin
shutter
to keep goal / on duty as gatekeeper
(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
HSK 7-9
the one and only way / the only proper course to take
doormat
Epistle of St Paul to Philemon
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
door of a room
Siemens (company name)
doorbell
HSK 7-9
Xuanwumen, Beijing
splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family
(soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal
Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽
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
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
guard at gate / sentry
to rush out through a door (idiom)
to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
to wear out the doorstep (idiom) / to crowd at sb's door
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
Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇
specialist
dishonest practices
to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door
to specialize
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)
water valve; sluice gate / (aviation) water salute
an upset (esp. in sports) / unexpected turn of events / to pull off a coup / a breakthrough
HSK 7-9
to set one's heart on sth (idiom)

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