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Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「閉門合轍」, with details below.

We’re presenting the idiom 「閉門合轍」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

It is like working in isolation and then going out to make the same thing. A metaphor for mutual agreement.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bì mén hé zhé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bai3 mun4 hap6 chit3

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.