与世隔绝 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to be cut off from the rest of the world

Character by character

• 与yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
• 世shìgeneration, era, age; world
• 隔géto separate, to partition, to divide
• 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate

Idioms sharing a character

• 事与愿违 shì yǔ yuàn wéi
• 咸与维新 xián yù wéi xīn
• 荣辱与共 róng rǔ yǔ gòng
• 欲取姑与 yù qǔ gū yǔ
• 岁不我与 suì bù wǒ yǔ
• 祸福与共 huò fú yǔ gòng
• 与世俯仰 yǔ shì fǔ yǎng
• 与世无争 yǔ shì wú zhēng
• 与日俱进 yǔ rì jù jìn
• 与日同辉 yǔ rì tóng huī

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