进门
jìn mén
Pinyin

Definition

进门
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jìn mén
  1. to enter a door
  2. to go in
  3. to learn the basics of a subject
  4. to join one's husband's household upon marriage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

促进
cù jìn
  1. 1 to promote (an idea or cause)
  2. 2 to advance
  3. 3 boost
出门
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
前进
qián jìn
  1. 1 to go forward
  2. 2 to forge ahead
  3. 3 to advance
  4. 4 onward
大门
Dà mén
  1. 1 the Doors, US rock band
家门
jiā mén
  1. 1 house door
  2. 2 family clan
专门
zhuān mén
  1. 1 specialist
  2. 2 specialized
  3. 3 customized
厦门
Xià mén
  1. 1 Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xià]
敲门
qiāo mén
  1. 1 to knock on a door
热门
rè mén
  1. 1 popular
  2. 2 hot
  3. 3 in vogue
临门
lín mén
  1. 1 to arrive home
  2. 2 facing one's home
  3. 3 home-coming
  4. 4 (soccer) facing the goalmouth
走进
zǒu jìn
  1. 1 to enter
进
jìn
  1. 1 to go forward
  2. 2 to advance
  3. 3 to go in
  4. 4 to enter
  5. 5 to put in
  6. 6 to submit
  7. 7 to take in
  8. 8 to admit
  9. 9 (math.) base of a number system
  10. 10 classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
进来
jìn lái
  1. 1 to come in
进入
jìn rù
  1. 1 to enter
  2. 2 to join
  3. 3 to go into
进去
jìn qù
  1. 1 to go in
进口
jìn kǒu
  1. 1 to import
  2. 2 imported
  3. 3 entrance
  4. 4 inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
进步
jìn bù
  1. 1 progress
  2. 2 improvement
  3. 3 to improve
  4. 4 to progress
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
进行
jìn xíng
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to conduct
  3. 3 underway
  4. 4 in progress
  5. 5 to do
  6. 6 to carry out
  7. 7 to carry on
  8. 8 to execute
部门
bù mén
  1. 1 department
  2. 2 branch
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 division
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
门
Mén
  1. 1 surname Men

Idioms (20)

一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì
  1. 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
  1. 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
  2. 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
光耀门楣
guāng yào mén méi
  1. 1 splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to bring honor to one's family
前门打虎，后门打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng
  1. 1 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
前门拒虎，后门进狼
qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng
  1. 1 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
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
  1. 1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
吃闭门羹
chī bì mén gēng
  1. 1 to be refused entrance (idiom)
  2. 2 to find the door closed
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
名门望族
míng mén wàng zú
  1. 1 offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
  2. 2 blue blood
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
夺门而出
duó mén ér chū
  1. 1 to rush out through a door (idiom)
好事不出门，恶事传千里
hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
  2. 2 a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
引鬼上门
yǐn guǐ shàng mén
  1. 1 to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
  2. 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble

Sample Sentences

最近，我去法国，到了一个商店进门之后呢，没有跟店员说话，结果我离开时，她非常的生气。
zuìjìn ，wǒ qù Fǎguó ，dào le yīgē shāngdiàn jìnmén zhīhòu ne ，méiyǒu gēn diànyuán shuōhuà ，jiéguǒ wǒ líkāi shí ，tā fēicháng de shēngqì 。
Lately, I went to France. After I went into a store, I didn't talk to the shopkeeper. Then when I left, she got very mad.
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比如说，John以前不太爱干净。他今天把房间打扫得很干净。他老婆一进门，就对他说：“John，你是不是吃错药了？”
bǐrú shuō ，John yǐqián bùtài ài gānjìng 。tā jīntiān bǎ fángjiān dǎsǎo de hěn gānjìng 。tā lǎopó yī jìnmén ，jiù duì tā shuō ：“John ，nǐ shì bu shì chī cuò yào le ？”
For example, John used to not be very clean, then today he cleaned his apartment really well. His wife comes in the door and says to him, 'John, did you take the wrong meds or what?'
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