旁門

旁门
pángmén
side door

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) improper means
  2. improper means
  3. side door

Wiktionary

  1. 正門旁或整個建築物側面的出入口。也作「傍門」。
  2. 非正道的法門、途徑。也作「傍門」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 旁 páng
  1. one side
  2. other
  3. different
  4. lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂 dāo, 亻 rén etc)
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

Containing this entry

旁門左道 pángménzuǒdào
  1. dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
  2. dissident group

Related entries

便門 biànmén
  1. side door
  2. wicket door
偏門 piānmén
  1. side door
  2. doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly)
側門 cèmén 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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