不得其门而入
bù​dé​qí​mén'ér​rù

cannot find the way in

  • created sense approved 不得其门而入/不得其門而入 · bù​dé​qí​mén'ér​rù · cannot find the way in — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不得其门而入 / 不得其門而入

    bù​dé​qí​mén'ér​rù

    cannot find the way in

    To be unable to find the correct entrance or method to access something; used for physical buildings, organizations, or even complex fields of study and careers.

    不得 (literal) → 不得 · bù​dé · cannot 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 门 (literal) → 门/門 · mén · door 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to enter

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense