临门 (臨門)
lín mén
Pinyin

Definition

临门 (臨門)
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lín mén
  1. to arrive home
  2. facing one's home
  3. home-coming
  4. (soccer) facing the goalmouth

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lái lín
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to come closer
guāng lín
  1. 1 (formal) to honor with one's presence
  2. 2 to attend
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
sǎng mén
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 windpipe
Dà mén
  1. 1 the Doors, US rock band

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
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)
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)