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hòu mén

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Definitions

  1. 1. the back door
  2. 2. fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure)
  3. 3. anus

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Words Containing 后门

走后门
zǒu hòu mén

lit. to enter by the back door

前门打虎,后门打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng

to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

前门拒虎,后门进狼
qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng

to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

开后门
kāi hòu mén

to open the back door

Child Words of 后门

后
hòu

empress

门
mén

gate

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