Word information
Simplified总理衙门
Traditional總理衙門
Pinyinzǒng lǐ yá men
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Chinese word dictionary
总理衙门
zǒng lǐ yá men · the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
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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méngate; 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ménkǒudoorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]
门票ménpiàoticket (for theater, cinema etc)
经理jīnglǐmanager; director; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc