门客

門客
ménkè
  1. hanger-on
  2. visitor (in a nobleman's house)

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) retainer (in an aristocratic household)
  2. (archaic, Song dynasty) private tutor
  3. private tutor
  4. retainer (in an aristocratic household)

Wiktionary

  1. 门下的食客。
  2. 宋代对家塾教师的称呼。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 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
2 客 kè
  1. customer; visitor; guest
  2. classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)

Related entries

食客 shíkè
  1. diner (in a restaurant etc)
  2. hanger-on
  3. sponger
如果人類的物質生活一年比一年富足，蛋糕的推出越來越精緻，科技越來越便利，同時沒有前人種樹就不可能有後人乘涼，那麼我便可以肯定“富有”的人生，肯定是由熱愛吃苦的前輩，那群帶有苦味的食客開創出來的。

If humanity's material life becomes richer year by year, cakes become more and more elaborate, technology becomes more and more convenient, and at the same time, without earlier generations planting trees, later generations would not be able to enjoy their shade, then I am sure that the "rich" life must've been brought about by our industrious forefathers, those who were unafraid to taste the bitterness of hardship.

Source: Tatoeba

腻子 nìzi
  1. putty (same as 泥子)
  2. frequent caller
  3. hanger-on
门人 ménrén
  1. disciple
  2. follower
  3. hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home)
来访者 láifǎngzhě
  1. visitor
  2. (psychological counseling) client
客人 kèrén
  1. visitor
  2. guest
  3. customer
  4. client

classifier: 位

客人们在厨房。

The guests are in the kitchen.

Source: Tatoeba

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