to go out · to leave home · to go on a journey · away from home · (of a woman) to get married

chū mén

ch+ū·1st tonem+én·2nd tone

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If you had left home a little earlier you would have been in time.

如果你早点出门的话，你就能赶上了。

I'd rather stay home than go out in this weather.

我宁愿呆在家里也不要在这种天气中出门。

The rain prevented me from going out.

下雨使我无法出门。

You shouldn't go out for a few days.

这几天不应该出门。

Tom is afraid to go out alone at night.

汤姆害怕晚上一个人出门儿。

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