開門七件事
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See also: 开门七件事
Chinese[edit]
to open the door; to open for business | seven | a measure word for thing, clothes, item | matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair | ||
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trad. (開門七件事) | 開門 | 七 | 件 | 事 | |
simp. (开门七件事) | 开门 | 七 | 件 | 事 | |
Literally: “the seven items (needed) for going into business (firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea)”. |
Etymology[edit]
From a poem in the Yuan Dynasty dynasty play 劉行首/刘行首.
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開門七件事