闭门却扫
bì​mén​què​sǎo

to live in seclusion

  • created sense approved 闭门却扫/閉門卻掃 · bì​mén​què​sǎo · to live in seclusion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    闭门却扫 / 閉門卻掃

    bì​mén​què​sǎo

    to live in seclusion

    to close the door and stop sweeping the path; to decline all visitors and stop socializing with the outside world

    闭门 (literal) → 闭门/閉門 · bì​mén · to live in seclusion 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