| 故步自封 |
gù bù zì fēng |
stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative |
| 故 |
gù |
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead |
| 步 |
Bù |
surname Bu |
| 步 |
bù |
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 自封 |
zì fēng |
to proclaim oneself (sth) / to give oneself the title of / self-appointed / self-styled / to limit oneself to / to isolate oneself |
| 封 |
Fēng |
surname Feng |
| 封 |
fēng |
to confer / to grant / to bestow a title / to seal / classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters |