门阀 ménfá powerful family Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 门 門 mén family (bound form) family; house; household status阀 閥 fá [clique] (bound form) a powerful person, family, or group with dominant influence in a specific field; refers to historical lineages of merit or modern cliques like a 军阀 jūnfá or 财阀 cáifá