闭门谢客 meaning in English
shut one's door and decline seeing visitors [guests]; lead a retiring life; lock oneself up in one's room; live in complete seclusion; shut one's door to chance visitors; stop receiving visits from friends
Examples
- I shut myself up and saw no one .
我从此闭门谢客，不再与外人往来。 - I had just sported my oak for a moment .
我刚刚闭门谢客。 - In the last years of albert einstein ' s life , he amused himself by telling jokes to his parrot , and avoided visitors by illness , according to a newly discovered diary written by the woman as his last girlfriend
爱因斯坦最后一位女友所写的日记最近被发现，其中披露了爱因斯坦晚年的生活，他给鹦鹉讲笑话来逗自己开心，还假装生病闭门谢客。 - In the last years of albert einstein ' s life , he amused himself by telling jokes to his parrot , and avoided visitors by feigning illness , according to a newly discovered diary written by the woman as his last girlfriend
爱因斯坦最后一位女友所写的日记最近被发现，其中披露了爱因斯坦晚年的生活，他给鹦鹉讲笑话来逗自己开心，还假装生病闭门谢客。