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柴門小戶

简 柴门小户 · 繁 柴門小戶
Mandarin · pinyin chái mén xiǎo hù

Meanings

  1. woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel
  2. fig. my humble house
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Characters in this entry

柴
chái · firewood, faggots, fuel
門
mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
小
xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
戶
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门
mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
户
hù · door; family
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Mandarin tones

2–2–3–4 · chai2 men2 xiao3 hu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

caai4 mun4 siu2 wu6

Cantonese word readings for 柴門小戶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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caai4 mun4 siu2 wu6

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柴門小戶 · chai2 men2 xiao3 hu4
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Exact source record柴門小戶 柴门小户 [chai2 men2 xiao3 hu4] /woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel/fig. my humble house/