法门

法門
fǎmén
  1. gate to enlightment (Buddhism)
  2. Buddhism
  3. way
  4. method
  5. (old) south gate of a palace

CEDICT

buddhism old

Entry Composition

=1 法 fǎ variant of 法 fǎ
=1 法 fǎ
  1. law
  2. method
  3. way
  4. to emulate
  5. (Buddhism) dharma
  6. (abbr. for 法家 Fǎjiā) the Legalists
  7. (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉 fǎlā)
=1 法 fǎ
  1. old variant of 法 fǎ
  2. law
2 门 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