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前門

前門

See also: 前门

Chinese

 
before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front
 
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (前門)
simp. (前门)
anagram 門前门前

Noun

前門

  1. front door, front gate

Antonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぜん
Grade: 2
もん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

前門 (hiragana ぜんもん, romaji zenmon)

  1. a front gate
  2. (figuratively) the ****, in contrast to 後門 (kōmon, back gate, figurative for anus)

Idioms

  • 前門 (ぜんもん) (とら) (ふせ)後門 (こうもん) (おおかみ) (すす) (zenmon ni tora o fusegi kōmon ni ōkami o susumu): "blocking a tiger at the front gate, [but] letting a wolf proceed at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
  • 前門 (ぜんもん) (とら)後門 (こうもん) (おおかみ) (zenmon no tora, kōmon no ōkami): "tiger at the front gate, wolf at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Synonyms

  • (front gate, not figurative): 正門 (せいもん) (seimon)
  • (literal and figurative): 表門 (おもてもん) (omotemon)

Antonyms

  • (literal and figurative): 後門 (こうもん) (kōmon)
  • (literal and figurative): 裏門 (うらもん) (uramon)