live in the seclusion of one 's own home
The Chinese idiom, sh ē NJ ū Ji ǎ NCH ū, originally refers to the beast hidden in a deep place, rarely appears. Later refers to usually at home, rarely go out. It comes from Han Yu's preface to sending Fu Tu Wen Chang Shi.
The origin of Idioms
Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote the preface to sending Fu Tu Wen Chang Shi: "the husband and beast live deep and simply, and they are afraid of the harm of things to themselves, but they still don't get away."
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] closed door and seclusion
Idiom usage
Since its abandonment, it has been especially encouraging and hardly connected with the world. Song Qin Guan's book of Xie Wang
live in the seclusion of one 's own home
the imaginative power in writing has declined - jiāng láng cái jìn
have only bare necessities at home - shēn wú cháng chù
despise the poor and curry favour with the rich - qī pín ài fù
swift as the wind and quick as lightning - diàn chè fēng chí