敲门

敲門

qiāo mén

HSK 5freq #8974

Meanings

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qiāo mén

1.to knock on a door

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1.to knock on a door

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Stroke order

Components

敲高攴

门㇔㇑㇆

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Characters

Example sentences

请敲门。
Please knock on the door.
有人敲门吗？
Is someone knocking on the door?
不知是谁在敲门。
Someone is knocking on the door.
我想有人在敲门。
I think someone's knocking on the door.
进来之前请敲门。
Please knock before you come in.
进来之前请敲门。
Please knock before entering.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

打門打门叩門叩门扣門扣门拍門拍门叫門叫门

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Derived terms

半夜敲門不吃驚半夜敲门不吃惊半夜敲門心不驚半夜敲门心不惊平生莫做虧心事，半夜敲門不喫驚平生莫做亏心事，半夜敲门不吃惊敲門磚敲门砖白天不做虧心事，半夜不怕鬼敲門白天不做亏心事，半夜不怕鬼敲门

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Related words

敲门砖 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门 he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.