Chinese word dictionary

闭门觅句

bì mén mì jù · lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing

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Word information

Simplified闭门觅句

Traditional閉門覓句

Pinyinbì mén mì jù

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Character breakdown

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

闭bì

to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block

门mén

gate, door, entrance, opening

觅mì

to seek; to search

句jù, gōu

sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza

How to learn 闭门觅句

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.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

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)

句jù

sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse

句子jùzi

sentence; CL:個|个[ge4]