龙门 (龍門) lóngmén

1. lóngmén proper noun Longmen
   Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: China , Concept: County 县
   Notes: A county in Huizhou 惠州, Guangdong (CC-CEDICT '龍門')
2. lóngmén proper noun Dragon Gate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon, perhaps referring to imperial exams (CC-CEDICT '龍門'; Guoyu '龍門' 2; Heine 2016, p. 13)
3. lóngmén noun a sagely person
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '龍門' 1)

Contained in

• 摆龙门阵(擺龍門陣) chat; gossip; spin a yarn
• 一登龙门(一登龍門) to climb through the Dragon Gate
• 跳龙门(跳龍門) to jump through the Dragon Gate
• 鱼跃龙门(魚躍龍門) a fish jumps through the Dragon Gate
• 登龙门(登龍門) to climb through the Dragon Gate
• 龙门断层(龍門斷層) Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
• 龙门刨(龍門刨) double column surface grinding machine
• 合龙门(合龍門) construction closure
• 龙门山断层(龍門山斷層) Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
• 鲤鱼跳龙门(鯉魚跳龍門) to make a significant advance in one's career; to get one's big break

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龙门县 、 龙门山

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• 卷四十 志第十六 地理一 Volume 40 Treatises 16: Geography 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
• 卷三十九　　　　志第二十九　　地理三 Volume 39 Treatises 33: Gepgraphy 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 7
• 卷四十五 志第二十一 地理六 Volume 45 Treatises 21: Geography 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 卷四十八　　　　志第三十八　　百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 5
• 卷七十四上　　　表第十四上　宰相世系四上 Volume 74a Tables 19: Chancellors Genealogy 4a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 5
• 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4
• 卷八十八 志第四十一 地理四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Geography 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
• 卷106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 4
• 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷二十五　志第六:　地理中 南京路 河北東路 河北西路 山東東路 山東西路 Volume 25 Treatises 6: Geography 2 - Nanjing Circuit, Hebei Circuit East, Hebei Circuit West, Shandong Circuit East, Shandong Circuit West History of Jin 金史 — count: 4

Collocations

• 幸龙门 (幸龍門) 幸龍門 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷7下 高祖紀下 Volume 7b Annals: Gaozu 2 (Emperor Xiaowen) — count: 18
• 凿龙门 (鑿龍門) 禹鑿龍門 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 12
• 州龙门 (州龍門) 絳州龍門人 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷八十三 列傳第三十三: 郭孝恪 張儉 蘇定方 薛仁貴 程務挺 張士貴 趙道興 Volume 83 Biographies 33: Guo Xiaoke, Zhang Jian, Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui, Cheng Wuting, Zhang Shigui, Zhao Daoxing — count: 9
• 龙门人 (龍門人) 絳州龍門人 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷八十三 列傳第三十三: 郭孝恪 張儉 蘇定方 薛仁貴 程務挺 張士貴 趙道興 Volume 83 Biographies 33: Guo Xiaoke, Zhang Jian, Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui, Cheng Wuting, Zhang Shigui, Zhao Daoxing — count: 8
• 龙门郡 (龍門郡) 龍門郡 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 — count: 8
• 龙门等 (龍門等) 龍門等五城 — History of the Northern Dynasties 北史, 卷五十五　列傳第四十三:　孫搴 陳元康 杜弼 子臺卿 房謨 子恭懿 張纂 張亮 趙起 徐遠 張曜 王峻 王紘 敬顯雋 平鑒 唐邕 白建 元文遙 趙彥深 赫連 子悅 馮子琮 子慈明 郎基 子茂 Volume 55 Biographies 43: Sun Qian, Chen Yuankang, Du Bi, Zi Taiqing, Fang Mo, Zi Gongyi, Zhang Zuan, Zhang Liang, Zhao Qi, Xu Yuan, Zhang Yao, Wang Jun, Wang Hong, Jing Xianjun, Ping Jian, Tang Yong, Bai Jian, Yuan Wenyao, Zhao Yanshen, He Lian, Zi Yue, Feng Zicong, Zi Ciming, Lang Ji, Zi Mao — count: 6
• 龙门东 (龍門東) 河自龍門東注 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷十一 志第一 律志序 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Lu Treatises Preface — count: 5
• 龙门令 (龍門令) 武德初為龍門令 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百十八 列傳第六十八: 元載 王昂 李少良 王縉 楊炎 黎幹 庾準 Volume 118 Biographies 68: Yuan Zai, Wan Gang, Li Shaoliang, Wang Jin, Yang Yan, Li Gan, Yu Zhun — count: 5
• 龙门公房 (龍門公房) 龍門公房 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷七十四上　　　表第十四上　宰相世系四上 Volume 74a Tables 19: Chancellors Genealogy 4a — count: 4
• 龙门关 (龍門關) 太宗率眾趣龍門關 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷二 本紀第二: 太宗上 Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizong 1 — count: 3