偏門

偏门
piānmén
  1. side door
  2. doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly)

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) dishonest practices; illegal activities
  2. dishonest practices; illegal activities
  3. side door

Wiktionary

旁邊的門。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 偏 piān
  1. to lean
  2. to slant
  3. oblique
  4. prejudiced
  5. to deviate from average
  6. to stray from the intended line
  7. stubbornly
  8. contrary to expectations
2 門 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: 扇, 個

Related entries

便門 biànmén
  1. side door
  2. wicket door
側門 cèmén side door
旁門 pángmén side door
邊門 biānmén
  1. side door
  2. wicket door
閤 gé
  1. side door
  2. variant of 閣 gé
  3. pavilion
  4. cabinet
  5. boudoir
把你的書閤起來看著我。

Look at me with your books closed.

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