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後門
後門
See also: 后门
Chinese
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
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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)
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| trad. (後門) | 後 | 門 | |
| simp. (后门) | 后 | 门 | |
Noun
後門
- back door, back gate
- (computing) back door
- (figuratively) improper, fraudulent means; a way to get around something
- (figuratively) anus
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 後 | 門 |
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こう Grade: 2 |
もん Grade: 2 |
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Pronunciation
Noun
後門 (hiragana こうもん, romaji kōmon)
- a back gate
- (figuratively) the anus, as a homophone for 肛門 and in contrast to 前門 (zenmon, “front gate”, figurative for ****)
Compounds
- 後門類 (kōmonrui): Opisthogoneata, a division of phylum Arthropoda that includes the centipedes and, in some categorizations, the insects
Synonyms
- (literal and figurative): 裏門 (uramon)
- (figuratively): 肛門 (kōmon)