Definitions

1. 1. front door
2. 2. main entrance
3. 3. honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)

Components

• 前 qián – front
• 门 Mén – surname Men

Related Words

• 前门打虎，后门打狼 qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng – to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
• 前门拒虎，后门进狼 qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng – to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

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