阀门 (閥門)
fá mén
Pinyin
Definition
阀门 (閥門)
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- valve (mechanical)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一门心思
- 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
上天无路,入地无门
- 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
- 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不是一家人不进一家门
- 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
- 2 marriages are predestined
- 3 people marry because they share common traits
侯门似海
- 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
- 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
光耀门楣
- 1 splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
- 2 fig. to bring honor to one's family
Sample Sentences
哦,是阀门坏了。
Oh, the valve is broken.