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Open the tool →重门击柝 (chóng mén jī tuò) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to implement stringent security measures”.
重门击柝 is pronounced chóng mén jī tuò in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 重门击柝 means “Reinforced gates and striking the night watchman's clapper”. It is used to mean “to implement stringent security measures”.
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