开门 (kāi mén) — to open a door (literal and figurative); to open for business (of a store)
Definition
A separable verb: split as 开…门 when inserting measure words (开一次门, 开了三个小时的门). Lit. 'open a door' and fig. 'open for business' — for the figurative sense, 营业 is more formal.
verb
to open a door (literal and figurative)to open for business (of a store)
Examples
- 开门。Qǐng bāng wǒ kāi mén yí xià.Please help me open the door.
- 开门。Tā men měi tiān jiǔ diǎn kāi mén.They open for business at nine every day.
- 。Wǒ men shāng diàn jīn tiān kāi le sān gè xiǎo shí de mén.Our store opened its doors for three hours today.
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