live in the seclusion of one 's own home(shēn jū jiǎn chū)

live in the seclusion of one 's own home

The Chinese idiom, sh ē NJ ū Ji ǎ NCH ū, originally refers to the beast hidden in a deep place, rarely appears. Later refers to usually at home, rarely go out. It comes from Han Yu's preface to sending Fu Tu Wen Chang Shi.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote the preface to sending Fu Tu Wen Chang Shi: "the husband and beast live deep and simply, and they are afraid of the harm of things to themselves, but they still don't get away."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] closed door and seclusion

Idiom usage

Since its abandonment, it has been especially encouraging and hardly connected with the world. Song Qin Guan's book of Xie Wang

Chinese PinYin : shēn jū jiǎn chū