闭关锁国 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

闭 bì
HSK 5
shut, close; obstruct, block up
关 guān
HSK 1
frontier pass; close; relation
锁 suǒ
HSK 5
lock, padlock; shackles, chains
国 guó
HSK 1
nation, country, nation-state