閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó

DEFINITIONS

  1. to close the passes and seal off the country
  2. to close a country to exclude foreign contact

CHARACTERS

閉 bì shut, close; obstruct, block up
關 guān frontier pass; close; relation
鎖 suǒ lock, padlock; shackles, chains
國 guó nation, country, nation-state