bế quan toả cảng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

bế quan tỏa cảng

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 閉關鎖港.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓe˧˦ kwaːn˧˧ twaː˧˩ kaːŋ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓej˨˩˦ kwaːŋ˧˧ twaː˧˨ kaːŋ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓej˦˥ waːŋ˧˧ t⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩˦ kaːŋ˨˩˦]

Idiom

bế quan toả cảng

to cut off a country from the outside world

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