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不得其门而入

bù dé qí mén ér rù

6-character word Traditional 不得其門而入

What 不得其门而入 means

1. to be unable to get into (a house, an organization, a field of study, a particular type of career etc)

The characters in 不得其门而入

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时

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