门庭若市 |
mén tíng ruò shì |
front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors |
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) |
庭 |
tíng |
main hall / front courtyard / law court |
若 |
rě |
used in 般若 / used in 兰若 |
若 |
ruò |
to seem / like / as / if |
市 |
shì |
market / city / municipality (administrative unit) / (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods |