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Mandarin · pinyin bì guān

to close the passes
to seal off the country
seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)

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闭: bì · shut, close; obstruct, block up
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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4–1 · bi4 guan1

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verb

(literal) to block the passage; to shut the gate; to close off the country
(figurative) to shut oneself away; to seclude oneself
(religion) to meditate in seclusion

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