闭门造车

Traditional form:

閉門造車

Pinyin (reading):

bìménzàochē

Definitions:

• lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom)
• fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities

Characters:

• 闭 - to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
• 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 造 - to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
• 车 - cart, vehicle; to move in a cart

Traditional characters:

• 閉 - to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
• 門 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 造 - to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
• 車 - cart, vehicle; to move in a cart