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Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ì Gu ā nju é sh ì, which means to close the pass, not to trade with the outside world. From the manuscript of the king of England to be issued an edict.
The origin of Idioms
Lin Zexu of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his draft to issue an imperial edict to the king of England: "all foreign things are just for fun. They are dispensable. That is to say, they are not needed by China, so it's hard to shut down the market."
Analysis of Idioms
Closed door and open door
Idiom usage
As predicate, attributive, object; refers to closed. example China is closed to the outside world and can't do it, but can't do it as usual. Preface to the dangerous words of flourishing age by Chen Chi
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