故步自封 — Chinese idiom
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
Meaning
- stuck in the old ways ; refusing to acknowledge new ideas
- stagnating and conservative
Character by character
- 故gùreason, cause; happening, instance
- 步bùwalk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 封fēngenvelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal
Idioms sharing a character
- 一改故辙 yī gǎi gù zhé
- 依然如故 yī rán rú gù
- 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ
- 平白无故 píng bái wú gù
- 攀亲道故 pān qīn dào gù
- 明知故问 míng zhī gù wèn
- 明知故犯 míng zhī gù fàn
- 沾亲带故 zhān qīn dài gù
- 无缘无故 wú yuán wú gù
- 狂奴故态 kuáng nú gù tài
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