to close the passes and seal off the country; to close a country to exclude foreign contact
trad. 閉關鎖國
Also written 閉關鎖國【bì guān suǒ guó】
Characters in this word
4闭
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to close, to stop up, to shut, to obstruct
- Pinyin
- bì
- Traditional
- 閉
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 17986 of 2500
关
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surname Guan
- Pinyin
- Guān
- Traditional
- 關
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1629 of 2500
锁
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to lock; to lock up, a lock (CL:把[ba3])
- Pinyin
- suǒ
- Traditional
- 鎖
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2640 of 2500
国
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surname Guo
- Pinyin
- Guó
- Traditional
- 國
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5111 of 2500