门楣

門楣
ménméi
  1. lintel (of a door)
  2. fig. family's social status

CEDICT

  1. lintel (of a door)
  2. social status of one's family

Wiktionary

  1. 门上的横梁。
  2. 家族的社会地位及声望。《初刻拍桉惊奇．卷四》：「我非宦家之女，门楣不对，他日必有悔，只可做妾。」《红楼梦．第二回》：「荣国府贾府中，可也不沾辱了先生的门楣了。」也作「门阀」、「门第」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 家族的社会地位及声望
  2. 门上的横梁

維基詞典

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 楣 méi
  1. lintel
  2. crossbeam

Containing this entry

光耀门楣 guāngyàoménméi
  1. splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
  2. fig. to bring honor to one's family

Related entries

楣 méi
  1. lintel
  2. crossbeam
横楣 héngméi lintel
横楣子 héngméizi lintel
阑头 lántóu
  1. lintel
  2. architrave
梁木 liángmù
  1. beam
  2. rafter
  3. lintel
  4. person able to bear heavy responsibility
  5. mainstay (of organization)
  6. pillar (of state)