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门

mén measure word A1

Traditional: 門

  1. gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4])
  2. valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure
  3. way to do sth; knack; method; approach
  4. family; household; lineage
  5. (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic)
  6. (bound form) class; category; division; phylum
  7. classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc
  8. (suffix) -gate (scandal)
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呉中诸强族轻之,乃题府门云:「会稽鸡,不能啼。
世说新语(四篇), p. 1 · C2
」贺闻故出行,至门反顾,索笔足之曰:「不可啼,杀呉儿!
世说新语(四篇), p. 1 · C2
」廉颇闻之,肉袒负荆,因宾客至蔺相如门谢罪。
史记·廉颇蔺相如列传, p. 6 · C2

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