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live in solitude · dwell in deep seclusion and rarely come out · live in the seclusion of one's own home · live with few social contacts · live a secluded life

深居简出
shēn jū jiǎn chū
sh+ēn·1st tonej+ǖ·1st tonej+iǎn·3rd tonech+ū·1st tone
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
live in solitude · live alone, cut off from society · live the life of a recluse · live out of the world · live within oneself · keep oneself to oneself · plough a lonely furrow离群索居lí qún suǒ jū(idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors足不出户zú bù chū hù
Antonyms
to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)抛头露面pāo tóu lù miàn