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lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing

to close / to stop up / to shut / to obstruct

to close a door

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

(literary) to seek / to find

to search for the right word (of poet)

variant of 勾[gou1]

sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse