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閉門造車
  bai3 mun4 zou6 geoi1   jyutping
  bi4 men2 zao4 che1   pinyin
work in disregard of reality; do sth without any knowledge of actual process; act blindly
[literal] make a cart behind closed doors

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
閉門造車 / 闭门造车

This word has been viewed 1709 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 7th Sep 2008 00:57 and last edited on 31st Dec 2016 01:22
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Characters in this word:

 bai3  -  shut; close; obstruct
 mun4  -  gate, door; entrance
 zou6 cou3  -  make; create; build; construct
 ce1 geoi1  -  cart; vehicle; car
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