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Home / Idiom / 闭关锁国

to close the passes and seal off the country · to close a country to exclude foreign contact

闭关锁国
bì guān suǒ guó
b+ì·4th toneg+uān·1st tones+uǒ·3rd toneg+uó·2nd tone
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
close the country to international intercourse闭关自守bì guān zì shǒustuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas · stagnating and conservative故步自封gù bù zì fēngconservative · to guard · to keep保守bǎo shǒu
Antonyms
open door policy · Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel门户开放mén hù kāi fàng
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