| 闭门造车 |
bì mén zào chē |
lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom) / fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities |
| 闭 |
bì |
to close / to stop up / to shut / to obstruct |
| 闭门 |
bì mén |
to close a door |
| 门 |
Mén |
surname Men |
| 门 |
mén |
gate / door / CL:扇 / gateway / doorway / CL:个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 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 |
surname Che |
| 车 |
chē |
car / vehicle / CL:辆 / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159 |
| 车 |
jū |
war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) |