闭 门 造 车

bì mén zào chēdictionary entry

lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom) / fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities

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Original source entry:

閉門造車 闭门造车 [bi4 men2 zao4 che1] /lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom)/fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities/

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Other forms in these source records: 閉門造車

闭
bì
to close / to stop up / to shut / to obstruct
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
造
zào
to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops
车
chē
car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liàng] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159
jū
war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)
Chē
surname Che

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