离群索居 (lí qún suǒ jū) — to live in solitude, to live apart from society

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Examples

• 他退休后就离群索居，很少与外界联系。
  Tā tuì xiū hòu jiù lí qún suǒ jū, hěn shǎo yǔ wài jiè lián xì.
  After retiring, he lived in solitude and rarely contacted the outside world.
• 很多人向往离群索居的生活，但真正能做到的人很少。
  Hěn duō rén xiàng wǎng lí qún suǒ jū de shēng huó, dàn zhēn zhèng néng zuò dào de rén hěn shǎo.
  Many people long for a life of solitude, but very few can truly achieve it.
• 在深山里，他每天读书写作，过着离群索居的日子。
  Zài shēn shān lǐ, tā měi tiān dú shū xiě zuò, guò zhe lí qún suǒ jū de rì zi.
  In the deep mountains, he read and wrote every day, living a life of solitude.