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关门大吉

guān mén dà jídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

關門大吉 关门大吉 [guan1 men2 da4 ji2] /to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 關門大吉

  • 关
    guān

    mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve

    Guān

    surname Guan

  • 门
    mén

    gate / door / doorway / gateway / opening (CL:扇[shàn]) / valve / switch / other door-like or gate-like structure / way to do sth / knack / method / approach / family / household / lineage / (bound form) sect / school / faction (religious or academic) / (bound form) class / category / division / phylum / classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc / (suffix) -gate (scandal)

    Mén

    surname Men

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 吉
    jí

    lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

    Jí

    short name for Jilin 吉林[Jí lín] / surname Ji

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.