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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 闭门造车
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 闭门造车 | bì mén zào chē | - lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom) - fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 55,623 | 46,723 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 闭 | bì | - to close - to stop up - to shut - to obstruct |
| 门 | mén | - surname Men |
| 门 | mén | - gate - door - CL:扇[shan4] - gateway - doorway - CL:個|个[ge4] - opening - valve - switch - way to do something - knack - family - house - (religious) sect - school (of thought) - class - category - phylum or division (taxonomy) - classifier for large guns - classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology - (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 造 | zào | - to make - to build - to manufacture - to invent - to fabricate - to go to - party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) - crop - classifier for crops |
| 车 | chē | - surname Che |
| 车 | chē | - car - vehicle - CL:輛|辆[liang4] - machine - to shape with a lathe - Kangxi radical 159 |
| 车 | jū | - war chariot (archaic) - rook (in Chinese chess) - rook (in chess) |
Other Words Containing 闭门造车
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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