城门

城門

chéngmén

noun #18,869

Measure Word

一座城门 zuò

Meanings

1 city gate

Characters

city; city wall

Literally 'city gate' — the gate in a city wall.

Examples

古城的城门保存得很完好。

Gǔchéng de chéngmén bǎocún de hěn wánhǎo.

The city gate of the ancient city is well preserved.

士兵们守在城门口。

Shìbīngmen shǒu zài chéngménkǒu.

The soldiers stood guard at the city gate.

Tips

culture

The idiom 城门失火，殃及池鱼 (a fire at the city gate brings disaster to the fish in the moat) warns that bystanders can be harmed by others' conflicts.

Stroke Order

城 chéng

门 mén