be cut off from the outside world
Du menchou, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ù m é nqu è s ǎ o, which means to close the door and clean the car tracks. It means to thank guests behind closed doors and not to communicate with the outside world. From the biography of Li mi in northern history.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: to thank a guest, to close the door but to sweep away the door antonym door is empty.
The origin of Idioms
Li Yanshou, the biography of Li mi in the northern history, said: "so he disappeared and went down to the curtain, but Du men swept away, abandoned the book of production and business, and cut it by himself."
Idiom usage
Qian Qianyi's preface to Shen Bi Bu's poems in Qing Dynasty: "it's none of the business to return to Du men but sweep away."
be cut off from the outside world
Thirty year Hedong, thirty year River - sān shí nián hé dōng,sān sh
sound of footsteps in a deserted valley -- rare , welcome appearance - kōng gǔ zú yīn
take pity on the poor and the old - lián pín xī lǎo
without regarding a thousand miles as very distant -- take though it were a thousand miles away - bù yuǎn qiān lǐ