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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「法出多門」, with more below.

The idiom 「法出多門」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Door: the way. It means that each department acts independently and makes its own laws, making it impossible to unify laws and regulations and to enforce them.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fǎ chū duō mén

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

faat3 cheut1 do1 mun4

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.