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Chinese
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fabricate; restrict; to prevent
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opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division |
| trad. (杜門)
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杜
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門
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| simp. (杜门)
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杜
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门
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Pronunciation
Verb
杜門
- (literary, literally) to close the door
- (literary, figuratively) to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself
Synonyms
- (to close the door): (literary) 閉門／闭门 (bìmén)
- (to seclude oneself):
- 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
- 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
- 幽棲 / 幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
- 臥 / 卧 (wò) (literary)
- 臥雲 / 卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
- 豹隱 / 豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
- 辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
- 退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
- 退隱 / 退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
- 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
- 遁跡 / 遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
- 避世 (bìshì)
- 閉門 / 闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
- 隱居 / 隐居 (yǐnjū)
- 隱逸 / 隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)