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