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在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo ， chū mén yī shí nán
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lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom);
fig. there's no place like home
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在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ ， chū mén kào péng you
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one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
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城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ ， yāng jí chí yú
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a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer;
fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions;
ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
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多孔动物门
duō kǒng dòng wù mén
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(zoology) phylum Porifera (sponges)
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天安门广场
tiān ān mén guǎng chǎng
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Tiananmen Square
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天安门开了
tiān ān mén kāi le
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pants fly is down;
the barn door is open
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天门
tiān mén
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Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
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天门冬科
tiān mén dōng kē
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Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
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天门市
tiān mén shì
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Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
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夷门
yí mén
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the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states
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奇门遁甲
qí mén dùn jiǎ
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ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)
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夺门而出
duó mén ér chū
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to rush out through a door (idiom)
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好事不出门，恶事传千里
hǎo shì bù chū mén ， è shì chuán qiān lǐ
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lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles;
a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
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婆罗门
pó luó mén
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Brahmin
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婆罗门教
pó luó mén jiào
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Brahmanism;
Hinduism
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孔门
kǒng mén
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Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
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守门人
shǒu mén rén
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gatekeeper
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安定门
ān dìng mén
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Andingmen neighborhood of Beijing
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宣武门
xuān wǔ mén
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Xuanwumen, Beijing
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宦门
huàn mén
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family of officials;
family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)
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密闭门
mì bì mén
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airtight door
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寒门
hán mén
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poor and humble family;
my family (humble)
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专门人员
zhuān mén rén yuán
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specialist;
specialized staff
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专门列车
zhuān mén liè chē
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special train
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专门化
zhuān mén huà
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to specialize
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