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足不出戶

简足不出户 · 繁足不出戶

Mandarin · pinyin zú bù chū hù

(idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors

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足: zú · foot; attain, satisfy, enough; Kangxi radical 156
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
戶: Look up this written character
户: hù · door; family

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2–4–1–4 · zu2 bu4 chu1 hu4

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zuk1 bat1 ceot1 wu6

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(idiomatic) to not leave the house; to be confined to the house (but still able to ...)

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