柴门小户 — Chinese idiom

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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