| 光耀门楣 |
guāng yào mén méi |
splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family |
| 光 |
guāng |
light; ray (CL:道) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered |
| 光耀 |
guāng yào |
dazzling / brilliant |
| 耀 |
yào |
brilliant / glorious |
| 门 |
Mén |
surname Men |
| 门 |
mén |
gate / door / CL:扇 / gateway / doorway / CL:个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 门楣 |
mén méi |
lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status |
| 楣 |
méi |
lintel / crossbeam |