臨門 [临门]

Jyutping lam4 mun4
Pinyin lín mén

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to arrive home
  2. facing one's home
  3. home-coming
  4. (soccer) facing the goalmouth
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be close to the goal; to be facing the goalmouth
  2. verb
    to be next to one's door; to come to the house; to arrive home
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    俗话说：双喜临门；可俗话又说：福无双进，祸不单行！
    俗話說：雙喜臨門；可俗話又說：福無雙進，禍不單行！
    sú huà shuō ： shuāng xǐ lín mén ； kě sú huà yòu shuō ： fú wú shuāng jìn ， huò bù dān xíng ！
    • There’s a saying that goes, "Fortune always comes in pairs." But there’s another saying that says, "Fortune comes, but never in pairs, while misfortune always does."
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    双喜临门
    雙喜臨門
    • double blessings arrives one after another
  2. Cantonese
    临门一脚
    臨門一腳
    lam4 mun4 yat1 goet3
    • the power to finish (the kick right beside the goal)