闭门

閉門
bìmén
to close a door

CEDICT

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

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Entry Composition

1 闭 bì
  1. to close
  2. to stop up
  3. to shut
  4. to obstruct
2 门 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

闭门塞窦 bìménsèdòu to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense
闭门思过 bìménsīguò shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
闭门会议 bìménhuìyì closed-door meeting
闭门羹 bìméngēng (fig.) denial of entry; flat refusal; cold rebuff
闭门觅句 bìménmìjù lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
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Related entries

关门 guānmén
  1. to close a door
  2. to lock a door
  3. (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
商店5点关门了。

The shop closed at 5.

Source: Tatoeba