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蓬门荜户

péng mén bì hù

4-character word Traditional 蓬門蓽戶

What 蓬门荜户 means

1. overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house
2. humble home

The characters in 蓬门荜户

• 蓬péngfleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 荜bìbean; pulse
• 户hùa household; door; family

Sounds the same

Read péng mén bì hù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蓬门筚户overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home

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