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看门道

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Collocation

1
看出门道来
2
看懂其中的门道
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学会了看门道
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外行看热闹,内行看门道

Definition

看门道

Literally means:

see the right way of doing something

Actually means:

understand the workings

门道, the principle, method or know-how. It refers to understanding the inside story, mechanism or know-how of something by observation.

门道,原理、方法或窍门。指观察、了解或掌握的内情,或运转的原理或窍门。

Example

Used as predicate or object. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、宾语,中间可加入其他词语)
1
Yóu
由于
guānchá
观察
仔细
  
,
ài
dòngnǎojīn
动脑筋
  
,
hěnkuài
很快
jiù
xuéhuì
学会
le
kàn
méndào
门道
  
,
xiūchē
修车
shàngshǒu
上手
hěn
kuài
  

As he observed carefully, he was very mind-throttled, and soon learned to look after the doorway, repairing the car hand very quickly.

2
jiā
大家
dōu
shì
tóngháng
同行
  
,
lái
cānguān
参观
xīnchē
新车
zhǎnlǎn
展览
dōu
shì
wèile
为了
kàn
méndào
门道
  
,
háishi
还是
shuōshuo
说说
men
你们
chēzi
车子
de
xìngnéng
性能
  

Everyone is a peer, to visit the new car exhibition is to look after the door, you still talk about the performance of your car.

3
zhège
这个
qiúduì
球队
de
rén
jiēchù
接触
duō
le
  
,
mànmàn
慢慢
kànchū
看出
le
men
他们
de
xiē
一些
shèng
取胜
de
méndào
门道
le
  

He's been in a lot of contact with the people in this team and he's slowly seeing some of their winning paths.