杜門卻掃
dù​mén​què​sǎo

to live in solitude

  • created sense approved 杜门却扫/杜門卻掃 · dù​mén​què​sǎo · to live in solitude — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杜门却扫 / 杜門卻掃

    dù​mén​què​sǎo

    to live in solitude

    To withdraw from society and live in seclusion; literally to close the gate and stop sweeping the path to stop seeing guests

    杜门 (literal) → 杜门/杜門 · dù​mén · to close one's door 却 (literal) → 却/卻 · què · to reject 扫 (literal) → 扫/掃 · sǎo · to sweep

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense