进门

進門
jìnmén
  1. to enter a door
  2. to go in
  3. to learn the basics of a subject
  4. to join one's husband's household upon marriage

CEDICT

  1. 入门。
  2. 女方嫁入男方家中。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 进 jìn
  1. to go forward
  2. to advance
  3. to go in
  4. to enter
  5. to put in
  6. to submit
  7. to take in
  8. to admit
  9. (math.) base of a number system
  10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
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

Containing this entry

师父领进门，修行在个人 shīfulǐngjìnmén,xiūxíngzàigèrén
  1. the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
  2. you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

Related entries

入门 rùmén
  1. entrance door
  2. to enter a door
  3. to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level
进去 jìnqù to go in
萨米进去报警。

Sami went inside and called the cops.

Source: Tatoeba

进 jìn
  1. to go forward
  2. to advance
  3. to go in
  4. to enter
  5. to put in
  6. to submit
  7. to take in
  8. to admit
  9. (math.) base of a number system
  10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
船进港了。

The ships reached port.

Source: Tatoeba

闹 nào
  1. noisy
  2. cacophonous
  3. to make noise
  4. to disturb
  5. to vent (feelings)
  6. to fall ill
  7. to have an attack (of sickness)
  8. to go in (for some activity)
  9. to joke
讓他們鬧去。

Let them have their fun.

Source: Tatoeba