千门万户

千門萬戶
qiānmén-wànhù
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 countless households; every home
  2. 2 a palace of countless gates

Examples

HSK 5
Chúxī yè, qiānmén-wànhù dōu liàngqǐ le dēng.
On New Year's Eve, the lights came on in every home.
HSK 7-9
Hànwǔdì xiūjiàn de Jiànzhāng Gōng hàochēng qiānmén-wànhù.
The Jianzhang Palace built by Emperor Wu of Han was said to have a thousand gates and ten thousand doors.

Tips

culture
Best known from 王安石's New Year poem 元日: 千门万户曈曈日, 'on a thousand gates, the bright new sun'. The 史记 had used it earlier of the Jianzhang Palace and its countless gates.

Stroke Order

千 qiān
门 mén
万 wàn
户 hù