guān mén
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  • 1

    v.shut/close a door

    • suí shǒu guān mén

      随手关门

      Close the door behind you.

    • bié pīng pīng pāng pāng de guān mén

      乒乒乓乓关门

      Don't bang the door!

    • qǐng bié guān mén

      关门

      Don't shut the door.

  • 2

    v.(of a shop, restaurant, etc.) close; (of a business) shut/close down

    • gōng chǎng qù nián jiù guān mén le

      工厂去年关门

      The factory was closed down last year.

    • zá huò diàn xià wǔ wǔ diǎn guān mén

      杂货店下午关门

      The grocer shuts up shop at 5 pm.

    • zhǎn lǎn guǎn jīn tiān bù guān mén

      展览馆今天关门

      The exhibition centre opens for the whole day.

  • 3

    v.close the door on/upon (especially negotiations); refuse discussion or consideration

    • hé tán fāng dōu bù yīng guān mén

      和谈关门

      Any of negotiators should not close the door on further peace talks.

    • duì fāng zài tán pàn zhōng méi yǒu guān mén

      对方谈判没有关门

      The other side didn't slam the door on further negotiations.

    • guān mén tài du

      关门态度

      closed-door attitude

  • 4

    behind closed doors

    • wǒ men bù kě yǐ guān mén bàn bào

      我们可以关门办报

      We must not run a newspaper behind closed doors.

    • guān mén gǎo jiàn shè shì bù xíng de

      关门建设

      One cannot carry out construction behind closed doors.

    • cǎi qǔ guān mén zhǔ yì

      采取关门主义

      adopt closed-doorism

  • 5

    adj.final; last

    • guān mén zuò pǐn

      关门作品

      one's last work

    • wǒ shì tā de guān mén dì zǐ

      关门弟子

      I'm his last student.

  • 6

    n.gate in a strategic pass

    • zhòng yào guān mén

      重要关门

      an important pass

  • 7

    n.Guanmen

Word usage

  • "关" and "门" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 生意去年

      The shop was closed down last year due to slack business.

    • 之前一定

      Make sure the door is closed before you leave.

    • I forget whether I have closed the door or not.