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Chinese dictionary
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  • 1

    v.metacross the threshold; learn the rudiments of a subject

    • xué yīng yǔ rù mén bìng bù nán xué hǎo kě bù róng yì

      英语入门并不容易

      Rudimentary English is easy to acquire, but mastery of the language is quite difficult.

    • tā men de xué xí cái gāng gāng rù mén

      他们学习入门

      Their studies are just off to a start.

    • jì suàn jī wǒ hái méi rù mén ne

      计算机入门

      I don't even know the rudiments of the computer.

  • 2

    n.(often used as part of a book title) primer; elementary course

    • zhè shì duì yī mén jí wéi fù zá de xué kē de yǒu yì rù mén jiào chéng

      一门极为复杂学科有益入门教程

      It's a useful introduction to an extremely complex subject.

Word usage

  • "入" and "门" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 以后可以自学

      After crossing the threshold, you can learn it by yourself.

    • 始终不了

      It's so hard to play chess that I haven’t known the rudiments of it all along.