闭关锁国

bìguānsuǒguó

闭关锁国 — bìguānsuǒguó

1. to close the passes and seal off the country; to close a country to exclude foreign contact (closed-door policy, isolationism)

   19世纪末中国被迫停止闭关锁国，开始更多地与外国通商。 1 9 shìjìmò zhōngguó bèipò tíngzhǐ bìguānsuǒguó kāishǐ gèngduō dì yǔ wàiguó tōngshāng — At the end of the 19th century China was forced to stop its closed-door policy and began trading more with foreign countries.