闭关却扫
bì​guān​què​sǎo

to live in seclusion

  • created sense approved 闭关却扫/閉關卻掃 · bì​guān​què​sǎo · to live in seclusion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闭关却扫 / 閉關卻掃

    bì​guān​què​sǎo

    to live in seclusion

    To close one's door and stop sweeping the path for visitors; used as a set phrase to describe living in complete seclusion and avoiding social contact.

    闭关 (literal) → 闭关/閉關 · bì​guān · retreat 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