柴门小户 — Chinese idiom
柴门小户
chái mén xiǎo hù
Traditional: 柴門小戶
Meaning
- woodcutter's cottage ; poor person's hovel
- fig. my humble house
Character by character
- 柴cháifirewood, faggots, fuel; surname
- 门méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 户hùdoor; family
Idioms sharing a character
- 干柴烈火 gān chái liè huǒ
- 柴米油盐 chái mǐ yóu yán
- 骨瘦如柴 gǔ shòu rú chái
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 侯门似海 hóu mén sì hǎi
- 光耀门楣 guāng yào mén méi
- 分门别类 fēn mén bié lèi
- 名门望族 míng mén wàng zú
- 夺门而出 duó mén ér chū
- 引鬼上门 yǐn guǐ shàng mén
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