mén hù kāi fàngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
open door policy / Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

門戶開放 门户开放 [men2 hu4 kai1 fang4] /open door policy/Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel/

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Other forms in these source records: 門戶開放

  • 门
    mén

    gate / door / doorway / gateway / opening (CL:扇[shàn]) / valve / switch / other door-like or gate-like structure / way to do sth / knack / method / approach / family / household / lineage / (bound form) sect / school / faction (religious or academic) / (bound form) class / category / division / phylum / classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc / (suffix) -gate (scandal)

    Mén

    surname Men

  • 户
    hù

    a household / door / family

  • 开
    kāi

    to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format

  • 放
    fàng

    to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)

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