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故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
What 故步自封 means
- stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
- stagnating and conservative
The characters in 故步自封
- 故gùhappening; instance; reason
- 步bùa step; a pace; walk
- 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 封fēngto confer; to grant; to bestow a title
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