闭关锁国

閉關鎖國
bìguān-suǒguó
idiom #88,125

Meanings

  1. 1 to close a country to the outside world
  2. 2 a closed-door policy; isolationism

Examples

HSK 6
Bìguān-suǒguó zhǐ huì ràng guójiā yuèláiyuè luòhòu.
Shutting the country off from the world only leaves it further and further behind.
HSK 7-9
Qiánlóng niánjiān, Qīngcháo shíxíng bìguān-suǒguó de zhèngcè, zhǐ liú Guǎngzhōu yí ge kǒu'àn gēn wàiguó tōngshāng.
In the Qianlong era the Qing kept the country closed, leaving only the port of Guangzhou open for trade with foreigners.

Tips

history
Said of the Qing rule that from 1757 confined Western trade to Guangzhou, and of Japan's 鎖国 (sakoku) under the Tokugawa shoguns. The opposite policy is 改革开放 "reform and opening up".

Stroke Order

闭 bì
关 guān
锁 suǒ
国 guó