蓬门荜户 — Chinese idiom
蓬门荜户
péng mén bì hù
Traditional: 蓬門蓽戶
Meaning
- overgrown gate, wicker windows ; poor person's house
- humble home
Character by character
- 蓬péngdisheveled, unkempt; a type of raspberry
- 门méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 荜bìa kind of bean; Piper longtum
- 户hùdoor; family
Idioms sharing a character
- 朝气蓬勃 zhāo qì péng bó
- 花貌蓬心 huā mào péng xīn
- 蓬户瓮牖 péng hù wèng yǒu
- 蓬荜生辉 péng bì shēng huī
- 蓬门筚户 péng mén bì hù
- 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
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