閉 bì

shut, close; obstruct, block up

DEFINITIONS

  • shut, close
  • obstruct, block up
  • to close
  • to stop up
  • to shut
  • to obstruct

WORDS

閉起 bì qǐ to shut
閉路電視 bì lù diàn shì closed-circuit television
閉鎖 bì suǒ to lock
閉鎖期 bì suǒ qī lock-up period (on stock options)
閉門 bì mén to close a door
閉門塞竇 bì mén sè dòu to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense
閉門思過 bì mén sī guò shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
閉門羹 bì mén gēng see 吃閉門羹|吃闭门羹[chi1 bi4 men2 geng1]
閉門覓句 bì mén mì jù lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
閉門造車 bì mén zào chē lit. to build a cart behind closed doors; to be overly subjective and disregard the outside world (idiom)
閉關 bì guān to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
閉關政策 bì guān zhèng cè closed-door policy
閉關自守 bì guān zì shǒu close the country to international intercourse
閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country; to close a country to exclude foreign contact
閉集 bì jí closed set (math.)
閉音節 bì yīn jié closed syllable
開閉幕式 kāi bì mù shì opening and closing ceremonies
關禁閉 guān jìn bì to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
關閉 guān bì to close; to shut
饗以閉門羹 xiǎng yǐ bì mén gēng to close the door in one's face (idiom)
閉了 bì le closed
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