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故步自封

gù bù zì fēng

4-character word

What 故步自封 means

1. stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
2. 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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