看门人 (看門人)
kān mén rén
Pinyin
Definition
看门人 (看門人)
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- janitor
- watchman
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道，鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一眼看穿
- 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
Sample Sentences
小尤回答：“都在，鲁富说自己经过走廊的时候，看到魔术师正在自己房里练习，而且有烟雾飘出来。驯兽师也在房里训练一只小动物，而看门人则在房里一边听广播，一边逗玩他的鹦鹉。另据看门人讲，他当时除了看到鲁富进出大门之外，没有看到任何人。”
Xiao You replied, “Yes they were. Lu Fu said when he walked through the hallway he saw the magician practicing in his room and that there was smoke drifting out as well. The animal trainer was also in his room training a small animal. The gatekeeper was in his room listening to the radio and playing with his pet parrot. According to the gatekeeper, he didn’t see anyone other than Lu Fu leaving and entering through the main gate.”
小尤说：“除了最里面的房间，看门人的房间靠近大门，中间两个，一个是驯兽师的，一个是魔术师的，而厕所在大门外。”
Xiao You said, “Besides the innermost room, there is the gatekeeper’s room, which is near the main entrance. The middle two rooms are occupied by the animal tamer and the magician. Additionally, the bathroom is outside the main entrance.”