| 荜门圭窦 |
bì mén guī dòu |
wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty |
| 荜 |
bì |
bean / pulse |
| 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) |
| 圭 |
guī |
jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck |
| 窦 |
Dòu |
surname Dou |
| 窦 |
dòu |
(literary) hole; aperture / (anatomy) cavity; sinus |