闭关自守

Traditional form:

閉關自守

Pinyin (reading):

bìguānzìshǒu

Definitions:

• close the country to international intercourse

Characters:

• 闭 - to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 守 - to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait

Traditional characters:

• 閉 - to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 自 - self; private, personal; from
• 守 - to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait