槛
Meaning
- door sill
- threshold
- banister
- balustrade
- cage for animal or prisoner
- to transport caged prisoner on a cart
Example sentences
- The contest has very strict eligibility requirements.
HSK words with 槛
More words with 槛
- 下槛 xiàkǎn doorsill
- 槛车 jiànchē cart with cage, used to escort prisoner
- 笼槛 lóngjiàn cage (for animals)
- 阑槛 lánjiàn railing
- 轩槛 xuānjiàn railings of a balcony
- 核门槛 héménjiàn nuclear threshold
- 朱云折槛 zhūyúnzhéjiàn (idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly
- 踏破门槛 tāpòménkǎn to wear out the doorstep (idiom)
- 云窗雾槛 yúnchuāngwùkǎn cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds
- 槛花笼鹤 jiànhuālónghè a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
- 笼鸟槛猿 lóngniǎojiànyuán bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner