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筚门闺窦

bì mén guī dòu

4-character word Traditional 篳門閨竇

What 筚门闺窦 means

1. wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel
2. living in poverty

The characters in 筚门闺窦

• 筚bìwicker
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 闺guīsmall arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 窦dòu(literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus

Sounds the same

Read bì mén guī dòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 荜门圭窦wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty