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這一門親事 this marriage, or marriage proposal;
這門學問 this branch of study.
(1) Door, gate, (see 門兒，門子 [men2er0], [men2zi0]↓): 大門 gate;
房門 door;
城門 city gate;
便門，腰門 side door;
太平門 fire exit;
門鈴 door bell;
門環子gate knocker;
入門 enter door, introductory course;
上門 to visit, also to close door;
敲門 knock at door;
門可羅雀 no callers or customers;
門庭若市 thriving business, many callers.
(2) Opening: 耳門 the ear;
糞門，肛門 anus.
(3) School (of thought), sect, branch of study: 孔門弟子 Confucian disciples;
佛門中人 Buddists;
門徒 disciples;
及門弟子 first-generation disciples.
(4) Class, branch of study: 分門別類 classify according to subjects;
專門 a special art or line of study;
門門精通 knows every subject or profession.
(5) (Fig.) house, family: 門當戶對 (of two related families united by marriage) of equal status or prestige;
門第，門風，門楣, [men2di4], [men2feng1], [men2mei4]↓.
(6) A surname.
attack the gate.
2.門牆 [men2qiang2], n., (LL) symbol of admission to teacher-disciple relationship: 忝列門牆 honored to be counted among the disciples.
3.門齒 [men2chi3], n., (physiol). incisor (teeth).
4.門道 [men2dao4], n., covered passage leading to house.
5.門第 [men2di4], n., family status: 門第相稱 (of families related by marriage) equal in social status.
6.門丁 [men2ding1], n., gatekeeper.
7.門斗 [men2dou3], n., door hinge; lintel; formerly, servants of examiner at civil examinations.
8.門對 [men2dui4], n., couplets on doorposts.
9.門洞(兒) [men2dong4]([er0]), n., see [men2dao4]↑.
10.門房 [men2fang2er0], n., gatekeeper, concierge.
11.門風 [men2feng1], n., family reputation, esp. of old families.
12.門館 [men2guan3], n., private tutorship; house of 門客 [men2ke4]↓; 門館先生 resident private tutor.
13.門公 [men2gong1], n., eunuch.
14.門戶 [men2hu4], n., (1) house status, esp. of the rich or high officials: 權貴門戶; (2) strategic area commanding communications; (3) sect: 門戶之見，之爭 sectarian views, controversies; 自立門戶 establish own school of thought or clique; 門戶人家 formerly, term for brothels; 門戶開放政策 open door policy.
15.門診 [men2zhen3], n., section for outpatients; visit at doctor's office.
16.門禁 [men2jin4], n., control at entrances for passing and exit.
17.門徑 [men2jing4], n., proper channel of approach, initiation into subject: 得窺門徑 just learned the approaches to the subject.
18.門檻 [men2kan3], n., threshold, the ways, esp. of doing business: 門檻甚精 sharp in business ways and methods.
19.門客 [men2ke4], n., usu. scholars acting as friends and advisors to important persons and treated as house guests.
20.門口 [men2kou3], n., doorway.
21.門框 [men2kuang1], n., door frame on all sides of door.
22.門兒 [merer0], n., door; see [men2lu4]↓; branch of study: 你學那一門兒 what is your line?
23.門臉兒 [men2lia3er0], n., shop front; neighborhood of city gate.
24.門聯(兒) [men2lian2]1([men2liarer0]), n., poetic couplet on sides of gate.
25.門簾(兒，子) [men2lian2]2, ([men2liarer0], [men2lian2zi0]), n., door screen.
26.門吏 [men2li4], n., petty officer in charge of gate entrance.
27.門樓 [men2lou2], n., gate tower.
28.門路 [men2lu4], n., (1) openings or connections for securing jobs; (2) tricks of the trade: 摸到門路 have learned the ways of the trade.
29.門羅主義 [men2luo2zhu3yi4], n., Monroe Doctrine (1823).
30.門脈 [men2mai4], n., (1) (Chin. med.) portal vein; (2) visit as outpatient.
31.門楣 [men2mei4], n., linted, as symbol of family reputation or status.
32.門面 [men2mian4], n., (1) shop front; (2) public appearance; 不過壯壯門面而已 just for creating a good public impression; 門面話 routine courteous expressions without sincerity.
33.門牌 [men2pai2], n., house number: 門牌號碼.
34.門票 [men2piao4], n., admission ticket.
35.門人 [men2ren2], n., disciple; gate-keeper; [men2ke4]↑.
36.門扇 [men2shan4], n., door panel.
37.門生 [men2sheng1], n., pupil; 收門生 take in pupils: 門生故吏 (LL) disciples and old followers or minor officials; 拜門生 formerly, a graduate who had passed civil examination performed ceremony as pupil of chief examiner.
38.門神 [men2shen2], ([men2shen0]), n., spirit guarding entrance to house or temple.
39.門下 [men2xia4], n., see [men2ke4]↑; acknowledged disciple, see [men2sheng1]↑; 拜他門下 be accepted as his disciple; 門下士 scholar friends of official, see [men2ke4]↑.
40.門限 [men2xian4], n., threshold.
41.門閂 [men2shuan1], n., door bolt.
42.門塾 [men2shu2], n., classes at home given by private tutor.
43.門市 [men2shi4], n., sales, retail sales: 門市部 [men2shi4bu4], n., sales department; n., 門市生意 sales at shop.
44.門婿 [men2xU4], n., son-in-law.
45.門帖 [men2tie3], n., poster on door (for rent, etc.); couplet pasted on doorposts.
46.門子 [men2zi0], n., (1) gatekeeper; (2) 串門子 phr., (usu. of women who) pass from house to house (to spread gossip); (3) 鑽門子，托門子 phr., seek, ask s.o., to get a job through connections, = 門路 [men2lu4]↑; (4) house:
門子，大門子 rich house. 47.門祚 [men2zuo4], n., family tradition.
48.門外漢 [men2wai4han4], n., layman, opp. 專家 specialist.
49.門
[men2wei4], n., gatekeeper, esp. in football. 50.門牙 [men2ya2], n., front teeth; incisor.
51.門業 [men2ye4], n., traditional profession of family.