大門不出，二門不邁

See also: 大门不出，二门不迈

Chinese

		the outermost gate of a house or building; front gate; entrance the outermost gate of a house or building; front gate; entrance; door	not; no	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)		two	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	not; no	take a step
trad. (大門不出，二門不邁)		大門	不	出	，	二	門	不	邁
simp. (大门不出，二门不迈)		大门	不	出	，	二	门	不	迈

Etymology

Literally: one neither goes outside of the front gate, nor strides toward the second (inner) gate.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàmén bù chū, èr mén bù mài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ , ㄦˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàmén bù chū, èr mén bù mài [Phonetic: dàmén bù chū, èr mén bú mài]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ , ㄦˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàmén bù chu, èr mén bù mài
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-mên² pu⁴ chʻu¹, êrh⁴ mên² pu⁴ mai⁴
    • Yale: dà-mén bù chū-, èr mén bù mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmen bu chu, ell men bu may
    • Palladius: дамэнь бу чу, эр мэнь бу май (damɛnʹ bu ču, er mɛnʹ bu maj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ mən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ mən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

大門不出，二門不邁

1. to never leave home, and have little contact with the outside world; to live a sheltered life