夜不闭户 — Chinese idiom
夜不闭户
yè bù bì hù
Traditional: 夜不閉戶
Meaning
- lit. doors not locked at night ; fig. stable society
Character by character
- 夜yènight, dark; under cover of night
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 闭bìto shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
- 户hùdoor; family
Idioms sharing a character
- 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè
- 俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu
- 夙夜匪懈 sù yè fěi xiè
- 夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi
- 夜不归宿 yè bù guī sù
- 夜以继日 yè yǐ jì rì
- 夜深人静 yè shēn rén jìng
- 夜行昼伏 yè xíng zhòu fú
- 夜郎自大 Yè láng zì dà
- 夜阑人静 yè lán rén jìng
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