Chinese word dictionary

侯门似海

hóu mén sì hǎi · lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom); fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people

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Word information

Simplified侯门似海

Traditional侯門似海

Pinyinhóu mén sì hǎi

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

侯hóu

marquis, lord; target in archery

门mén

gate, door, entrance, opening

似shì

resembling, similar to; as if, to seem

海hǎi

sea, ocean; maritime

How to learn 侯门似海

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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出门chūmén

to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married

门mén

gate; door; CL:扇[shan4]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[ge4]; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate); surname Men

门口ménkǒu

doorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]

门票ménpiào

ticket (for theater, cinema etc)

海hǎi

ocean; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous; surname Hai

部门bùmén

department; branch; section; division; CL:個|个[ge4]