不是一家人不进一家门

Traditional form:

不是一家人不進一家門

Pinyin (reading):

bùshìyījiārénbùjìnyījiāmén

Definitions:

• people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
• marriages are predestined
• people marry because they share common traits

Characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 人 - man, person; people
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 进 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening

Traditional characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 人 - man, person; people
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 進 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 門 - gate, door, entrance, opening