门可罗雀 — Chinese idiom
门可罗雀
mén kě luó què
Traditional: 門可羅雀
Meaning
- (lit.) you can net sparrows at the door
- (fig.) completely deserted
Character by character
- 门méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 罗luógauze, net; to collect, to display
- 雀quèsparrow
Idioms sharing a character
- 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
- 托足无门 tuō zú wú mén
- 旁门左道 páng mén zuǒ dào
- 书香门第 shū xiāng mén dì
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