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后门

hòu mén

2-character word Traditional 後門

What 后门 means

1. back door; back gate
2. (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings
3. anus
4. computingbackdoor

The characters in 后门

• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…

Example sentences

• 有后门。
  There's a back entrance.
• 后门开着。
  The rear gate was open.
• 请问剧场后门在哪？
  Where is the stage door?
• 你的后门是开着的。
  Your back door was open.
• 那个男生从后门进来了。
  Nàge nánshēng cóng hòumén jìnlái le.
  The boy entered by the back door.

Words containing 后门

• 走后门zǒu hòu mén(lit.) to enter through the back door; (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections…
• 开后门kāi hòu ménto open the back door; fig. under the counter; to do a secret or dishonest deal
• 前门打虎，后门打狼qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ lángto beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom)…
• 前门拒虎，后门进狼qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn lángto beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom)…