闭门造车 — Chinese idiom
闭门造车
bì mén zào chē
Traditional: 閉門造車
Meaning
- lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart
- fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities
Character by character
- 闭bìto shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
- 门méngate, door, entrance, opening
- 造zàoto build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
- 车chēcart, vehicle; to move in a cart
Idioms sharing a character
- 夜不闭户 yè bù bì hù
- 撒手闭眼 sā shǒu bì yǎn
- 深闭固拒 shēn bì gù jù
- 闭口不言 bì kǒu bù yán
- 闭口不谈 bì kǒu bù tán
- 闭月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā
- 闭门不出 bì mén bù chū
- 闭门塞窦 bì mén sè dòu
- 闭门觅句 bì mén mì jù
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
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