开门 (開門)
kāi mén
Pinyin

Definition

开门 (開門)
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kāi mén
  1. to open a door (lit. and fig.)
  2. to open for business

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
门
Mén
  1. 1 surname Men
开
kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to start
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to boil
  5. 5 to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. 6 to operate (a vehicle)
  7. 7 carat (gold)
  8. 8 abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén]
  9. 9 abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format
开始
kāi shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 beginning
  3. 3 to start
  4. 4 initial
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
  1. 1 One key opens one lock.
  2. 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

请帮我开门。
qǐng bāng wǒ kāimén 。
Please open the door for me.
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开门
kāimén
Open the door.
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啊！瓦斯没关！快开门，我进去关瓦斯。
ā ！wǎsī méi guān ！kuài kāimén ，wǒ jìnqù guān wǎsī 。
Ah! I forgot to turn the gas off! Quick, open the door, I'll go in and turn it off.
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你说开门见山
nǐ shuō kāiménjiànshān
You say let's get down to it
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开门，开门，警察！
kāimén ，kāimén ，jǐngchá ！
Open the door! Open the door. Police!
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为什么？开门，我们要下车。
wèishénme ？kāimén ，wǒmen yào xiàchē 。
Why? Open the door. We want to get off.
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各种方法一定有利有弊。既然决定了要主攻网络营销，我们下年度就要积极尝试各种可能性。多管齐下，争取取得开门红。
gèzhǒng fāngfǎ yīdìng yǒu lì yǒu bì 。jìrán juédìng le yào zhǔgōng wǎngluòyíngxiāo ，wǒmen xiàniándù jiùyào jījí chángshì gèzhǒng kěnéngxìng 。duōguǎnqíxià ，zhēngqǔ qǔdé kāiménhóng 。
Each of these methods has its advantages and disadvantages for sure. Since we've decided that we need to focus our efforts on online marketing, next year we need to actively try all possibilities. With all of them together, we can strive to get off to a good start.
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等到商店开门了，我们再去。
děngdào shāngdiàn kāimén le ，wǒmen zài qù 。
Let's wait until the store opens and then let's go.
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