找上门 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

会找上门

2

找上……门

3

没想到……找上门来(了)

Definition

找上门:

Literally means:

come to one's door

Actually means:

It means something undesired appears before someone spontaneously.

It means someone or something that one either yearns for or tries to avoid appears before him spontaneously and unexpectedly.

指期待的或想回避的人或事意外地主动出现在眼前。

Example

Used as predicate or object and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、宾语，中间可以插入其他词语)

1

Wǒ

我

zhēng

正

xiǎng

想

zhǎo

找

xiǎolǐ

小李

,

méi

没

xiǎngdào

想到

tā

他

zìjǐ

自己

dǎo

倒

zhǎoshàngmén

找上门

lái

来

le

了

。

I was looking for Xiao Li, but I didn't think he'd come to the door by himself.

2

Nàge

那个

qiǎngjiéfàn

抢劫犯

qiāng

抢

le

了

qián

钱

,

pà

怕

jǐngchá

警察

zhǎoshàngmén

找上门

lái

来

,

jī

几

tiān

天

méi

没

gǎn

敢

huíjiā

回家

。

The robber robbed him of his money for fear that the police would come to the door and not dare to go home for a few days.

3

Tā

他

méi

没

xiǎngdào

想到

hǎo

好

yùnqì

运气

huì

会

zhǎoshàngmén

找上门

,

zài

在

shāngdiàn

商店

lǐ

里

mǎi

买

dōngxī

东西

jìng

竟

zhōng

中

le

了

dàjiǎng

大奖

。

He didn't expect good luck to come to the door and win the jackpot for shopping in the shop.