上门 shàngmén to drop in
to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
怎么记住“上门”: 上 above + 门 door = to drop in.
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用法
- 上门 (shàngmén) most commonly means to visit someone's home or to have a service come to you: 上门服务 (shàngmén fúwù) - door-to-door / house-call service.
- 送货上门 (sòng huò shàngmén) - deliver to your door - is a very common fixed phrase for delivery services.
- It can also mean to bolt a door shut, a separate, less frequent sense recognizable mainly from context (关门上门 style usage in older writing).
- As a verb-object compound, nothing can be inserted between 上 and 门 to add an object; to say who visits, put the person before it: 医生上门 (yīshēng shàngmén) - the doctor makes a house call.