门道 (mén dào) — doorway, gateway; (colloquial) knack, trick, method to do something efficiently
Definition
门道 has two distinct senses: literally a doorway or gateway, and colloquially the 'knack' or trick to doing something well. The colloquial sense is far more common in everyday speech.
noun
doorwaygateway(colloquial) knacktrickmethod to do something efficiently
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 门道，。Zhè ge mén dào hěn zhǎi, zhǐ néng yí gè rén tōng guò.This doorway is very narrow — only one person can pass through.
- 门道，。Tā zuò shēng yi hěn yǒu mén dào, suǒ yǐ zǒng shì zhuàn qián.He really has the knack for doing business, so he always makes money.
- ，门道。Gāng xué biān chéng shí hěn nán, dàn zhǎo dào mén dào hòu jiù jiǎn dān duō le.When you first learn programming it's hard, but once you find the trick it becomes much simpler.
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