- stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
- stagnating and conservative
Characters
- 故 (故): happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 步 (步): surname Bu
- 自 (自): (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 封 (封): surname Feng
Resources
- Wiktionary: 故步自封
- MDBG: 故步自封
- Examples with 故步自封 on Tatoeba
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