闭塞 (bì sè) — blocked, closed off (physically or metaphorically); remote and inaccessible (of a place); unenlightened, narrow-minded (of a person or mindset)
Definition
Adjective covering both physical isolation and figurative narrow-mindedness. For places, it stresses being cut off (e.g. 信息闭塞 'information-starved'); for people or thinking, it means closed-minded and unenlightened.
adjective
blockedclosed off (physically or metaphorically)remote and inaccessible (of a place)unenlightenednarrow-minded (of a person or mindset)
Examples
- 闭塞，。Zhè ge shān cūn jiāo tōng bì sè, hěn shǎo rén lái.This mountain village is hard to reach by transportation; few people come.
- 闭塞，。Tā sī xiǎng bì sè, bú yuàn yì jiē shòu xīn guān niàn.He is narrow-minded and unwilling to accept new ideas.
- 闭塞。Xìn xī bì sè de dì qū hěn nán fā zhǎn jīng jì.Regions with blocked access to information find it hard to develop their economy.
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