门庭若市 — Chinese idiom
门庭若市
mén tíng ruò shì
Traditional: 門庭若市
Meaning
- front yard as busy as a marketplace
- a place with many visitors
Character by character
- 门méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 庭tíngcourt; courtyard; spacious hall or yard
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 市shìcity, town; market, fair; to trade
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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