闭关锁国
bì guān suǒ guó
Pinyin

Definition

闭关锁国
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bì guān suǒ guó
  1. to close the passes and seal off the country
  2. to close a country to exclude foreign contact

Related Words (20)

中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
国
Guó
  1. 1 surname Guo
国内
guó nèi
  1. 1 domestic
  2. 2 internal (to a country)
  3. 3 civil
国家
guó jiā
  1. 1 country
  2. 2 nation
  3. 3 state
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
国际
guó jì
  1. 1 international
无关
wú guān
  1. 1 unrelated
  2. 2 having nothing to do (with sth else)
美国
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
英国
Yīng guó
  1. 1 United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lián hé wáng guó]
  2. 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  3. 3 abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Yīng gé lán]
关
Guān
  1. 1 surname Guan
关系
guān xi
  1. 1 relation
  2. 2 relationship
  3. 3 to concern
  4. 4 to affect
  5. 5 to have to do with
  6. 6 guanxi
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
关心
guān xīn
  1. 1 to be concerned about
  2. 2 to care about
关于
guān yú
  1. 1 pertaining to
  2. 2 concerning
  3. 3 with regard to
  4. 4 about
  5. 5 a matter of
关注
guān zhù
  1. 1 to pay attention to
  2. 2 to follow sth closely
  3. 3 to follow (on social media)
  4. 4 concern
  5. 5 interest
  6. 6 attention
关系
guān xi
  1. 1 variant of 關係|关系[guān xi]
关键
guān jiàn
  1. 1 crucial point
  2. 2 crux
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 key
  5. 5 crucial
  6. 6 pivotal
韩国
Hán guó
  1. 1 South Korea (Republic of Korea)
  2. 2 Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhàn guó qī xióng]
  3. 3 Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
中国式
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
中关村
Zhōng guān cūn
  1. 1 Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores
亡国
wáng guó
  1. 1 (of a nation) to be destroyed
  2. 2 subjugation
  3. 3 vanquished nation

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
  1. 1 One key opens one lock.
  2. 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
事不关己
shì bù guān jǐ
  1. 1 a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
  1. 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
以身报国
yǐ shēn bào guó
  1. 1 to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
以身许国
yǐ shēn xǔ guó
  1. 1 to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)
休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān
  1. 1 to share the same interests (idiom)
  2. 2 to be closely related
  3. 3 to be in the same boat
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
保家卫国
bǎo jiā wèi guó
  1. 1 guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
勤俭建国
qín jiǎn jiàn guó
  1. 1 to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
吃闭门羹
chī bì mén gēng
  1. 1 to be refused entrance (idiom)
  2. 2 to find the door closed
名缰利锁
míng jiāng lì suǒ
  1. 1 lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom); tied down by reputation and wealth
  2. 2 the victim of one's own success
周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
咬紧牙关
yǎo jǐn yá guān
  1. 1 lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
  2. 2 to bite the bullet
丧权辱国
sàng quán rǔ guó
  1. 1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms

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