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开门

kāi mén

2-character word Traditional 開門

What 开门 means

1. (lit. and fig.) to open a door
2. to open for business

The characters in 开门

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…

Example sentences

• 开门！
  Open up.
• 请开门。
  Open the door, please.
• 芝麻开门！
  Open Sesame!
• 我说开门。
  I said open the door.
• 帮我开门。
  Get the door for me.
• 银行九点开门
  Yínháng jiǔ diǎn kāimén
  Banks open at nine o'clock.

Words starting with 开门

• 开门见山kāi mén jiàn shānlit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
• 开门杀kāi mén shādooring (accident caused by opening a vehicle door into traffic)
• 开门红kāi mén hónga good beginning
• 开门炮kāi mén pàofirecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
• 开门揖盗kāi mén yī dàoleaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a…

Words containing 开门

• 双开门shuāng kāi méndouble door
• 半开门bàn kāi ménhalf-open door; fig. prostitute
• 半开门儿bàn kāi mén rerhua variant of 半开门