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Change log entry 54677
Processed by: richwarm (2014-09-12 04:40:40 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 51458 - submitted by 'monigeria' >>
before I give examples -- here's a question on baidu zhidao
为什么现在丑闻叫”XX门”呢? 出处和原因?
there are a bunch of similar questions on there as well...thus proving it has the same meaning as I'm adding to the def.

保姆门
艳照门
伊朗门
棱镜门

usually followed by a 事件

this article :
http://news.sznews.com/content/2009-07/22/content_3925296.htm
opens with the following:

  深圳新闻网讯 年年都有“门”,今年特别多。继“慈溪摸奶门”后,网络上又爆出很多惊人的“门”,无独有偶,这些“门”都是和学生有关的,而且一个比一个露骨。我们需要反思、在当前的环境下,发生的这一幕幕的事!

so 门 has just become the thing to tag on the end of events to indicate scandalous behavior
Diff:
- 門 门 [men2] /gate/door/CL:扇[shan4]/gateway/doorway/CL:個|个[ge4]/opening/valve/switch/way to do something/knack/family/house/(religious) sect/school (of thought)/class/category/phylum or division (taxonomy)/classifier for large guns/classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology/
# + 門 门 [men2] /gate/door/CL:扇[shan4]/gateway/doorway/CL:個|个[ge4]/opening/valve/switch/way to do something/knack/family/house/(religious) sect/school (of thought)/class/category/phylum or division (taxonomy)/classifier for large guns/classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology/(suffix) scandal/
+ 門 门 [men2] /gate/door/CL:扇[shan4]/gateway/doorway/CL:個|个[ge4]/opening/valve/switch/way to do something/knack/family/house/(religious) sect/school (of thought)/class/category/phylum or division (taxonomy)/classifier for large guns/classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology/(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)/
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