进门

進門

jìnmén

verb

Meanings

1 to enter / to come through the door
2 (of a bride) to marry into the husband's family
3 (fig.) to get started / learn the basics of a subject

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Examples

一进门就闻到饭菜的香味。

Yī jìnmén jiù wéndào fàncài de xiāngwèi.

The moment I came in the door I smelled the cooking.

她嫁进门才三个月就怀孕了。

Tā jià jìnmén cái sān gè yuè jiù huáiyùn le.

She'd only been married into the family three months before she got pregnant.

学编程一年了，还没真正进门。

Xué biānchéng yī nián le, hái méi zhēnzhèng jìnmén.

I've been learning programming for a year and I haven't really broken through the basics yet.

Tips

usage

Three registers: literal (walk in the door), marriage-traditional (娶进门 / 嫁进门 — bride 'enters' the husband's household), and metaphorical (crossing the beginner threshold in a skill). Context picks one instantly; rarely ambiguous.

Stroke Order

进 jìn

门 mén