閉門造車

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See also: 闭门造车

Chinese

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to close; stop up; shut
to close; stop up; shut; obstruct
 
opening; door; gate
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
 
to make; to build; to invent
to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture
 
vehicle on land; car; machine
vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
 
trad. (閉門造車)
simp. (闭门造车)
Literally: “build a cart (behind) closed doors”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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閉門造車

  1. do something irrespective of external circumstances; to operate in a vacuum

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