杜門

杜门
dùmén
to close the door (lit. and fig.)

CEDICT

  1. (literary, figuratively) to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself
  2. (literary, literally) to close the door
  3. to close the door
  4. to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself

Wiktionary

閉門不出。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 杜 dù
  1. birchleaf pear (tree)
  2. to stop
  3. to prevent
  4. to restrict
2 門 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: 扇, 個

Containing this entry

杜門不出 dùménbùchū (idiom) to shut oneself indoors; to avoid social contact; to cut oneself off from the outside world

Related entries

帶上門 dàishàngmén to close the door (when going through it)