天门 (天門)
Tiān mén
Pinyin

Definition

天门 (天門)
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Tiān mén
  1. Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child

Sample Sentences

非常吉利。所以大家晚上都不要睡觉，都睁着眼睛等着大年初一早上南天门掉下来的金银财宝吧。那么，下面的就是，你一般年夜饭是在家里吃还是上馆子，去饭店里吃呢？
fēicháng jílì 。suǒyǐ dàjiā wǎnshang dōu bùyào shuìjiào ，dōu zhēng zhe yǎnjing děng zhe dàniánchūyī zǎoshang Nán Tiānmén diàoxiàlái de jīnyín cáibǎo ba 。nàme ，xiàmian de jiùshì ，nǐ yībān niányèfàn shì zài jiālǐ chī háishì shàng guǎnzi ，qù fàndiàn lǐ chī ne ？
It's very auspicious. So nobody wants to go to sleep. Everybody keeps their eyes open, waiting for jewels and treasure to fall out of the Southern Gate of Heaven on New Year's Day. Well, then, next is, do you generally eat the New Year's dinner at home or go out to a restaurant?
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有这样的一个说法。因为他们说那个大年初一如果起得早的话，南天门会打开嘛，然后上面会掉下来一些财宝啦什么的。你有可能会踩到。
yǒu zhèyàngde yī ge shuōfa 。yīnwèi tāmen shuō nàge dàniánchūyī rúguǒ qǐ děi zǎo dehuà ，Nán Tiānmén huì dǎkāi ma ，ránhòu shàngmian huì diàoxiàlái yīxiē cáibǎo la shénme de 。nǐ yǒu kěnéng huì cǎi dào 。
Some people say that. Because they say that if you get up early on New Year's Day, the Southern Gate of Heaven will open up, and then some jewels and money and whatnot will fall out. So there's a chance you'll get some.
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