改換門閭

改换门闾
gǎihuànménlǘ
see 改換門庭 gǎihuànméntíng

CEDICT

改變出身門第，以提高身分地位。明．高明《汲古本琵琶記．第一一齣》：「你教他做官，要改換門閭，只怕他做得官時你做鬼。」也作「改換門庭」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 改換 gǎihuàn
  1. to change (sth)
  2. to alter (sth)
  3. to change over (to sth else)
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
3 閭 lǘ
  1. gate of a village
  2. village