邪門

简 邪门 · 繁 邪門
Mandarin · pinyin xié mén

Meanings

  1. strange
  2. unusual
  3. evil ways
  4. dishonest practices
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邪
xié · wrong, evil, depraved, vicious, perverse, heterodox
門
mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
门
mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
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2–2 · xie2 men2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ce4 mun4

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noun

  1. (literary) evil ways; dishonest practices

adj

  1. (colloquial) odd; strange; unusual

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