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临门

lín mén

2-character word Traditional 臨門

What 临门 means

1. to arrive home
2. facing one's home
3. home-coming
4. (soccer) facing the goalmouth

The characters in 临门

• 临línto face; to overlook; to arrive
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…

Example sentences

• 俗话说：双喜临门；可俗话又说：福无双进，祸不单行！
  Súhuà shuō: shuāng xǐ lín mén; kě súhuà yòu shuō: fú wú shuāng jìn, huò bù dān xíng!
  There’s a saying that goes, "Fortune always comes in pairs." But there’s another saying that says, "Fortune comes, but never in pairs, while misfortune always does."

Words starting with 临门

• 临门一脚lín mén yī jiǎoto try to score (a goal); final push (at a critical juncture); the final leg of sth

Words containing 临门

• 双喜临门shuāng xǐ lín méntwo simultaneous happy events in the family
• 五福临门wǔ fú lín ménlit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home…