Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing
Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone
cement (Shanghainese) (loanword)
Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005
Jiangmen, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省[guǎng dōng shěng]
Yumen, a county-level city in Jiuquan City 酒泉市[jiǔ quán shì], Gansu
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
"shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai
Shimen, a county in Changde City 常德市[cháng dé shì], Hunan
Bacillariophyta, phylum of diatom single-celled phytoplankton
Qimen, a county in Huangshan City 黄山市[huáng shān shì], Anhui
1.Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie2.(fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth3.unsolvable case
Jingmen, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[hú běi shěng]
1.Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing2.the main northwest gate of Beijing
Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" 金瓶梅[jīn píng méi] and "Water Margin" 水浒传[shuǐ hǔ zhuàn]
Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei)
Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏国[wèi guó]
erhua variant of 调门[diào mén]
1.to use social connections2.to toady to influential people
Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan
1.Kinmen County, Taiwan (the Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast)2.Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[quán zhōu], Fujian
keycard; electronic entrance card
1.clinic2.outpatient department (or consulting room)
Fuchengmen neighborhood of Beijing
dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM
double column surface grinding machine
1.Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line2.Mt Longmen in Shandong3.Mt Longmen in Henan
Longmen, a county in Huizhou City 惠州市[huì zhōu shì], Guangdong
Sanmenxia, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[hé nán shěng]
1.the one and only way2.the only proper course to take
1.lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)2.(an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
1.(lit.) the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom)2.(fig.) there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people
erhua variant of 半开门[bàn kāi mén]
1.offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding2.blue blood
Qimen Dunjia, an ancient system of occult arts used for divination and strategic planning
to rush out through a door (idiom)
1.lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)2.fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble