The Chinese word **隐居** (yǐnjū) is a compound formed by combining two characters: **隐** (yǐn), meaning "to hide" or "to conceal," and **居** (jū), meaning "to reside" or "to dwell." Together, they create a semantic compound where the meaning of the whole is derived from the sum of its parts, literally "to hide and reside" or "to dwell in concealment." This term conceptually describes the act of withdrawing from society to live a secluded life, often in a remote, natural setting, and is historically associated with scholars, hermits, and Daoist practitioners seeking spiritual refinement or escape from political turmoil. The formation thus encapsulates both the physical action (secluded dwelling) and the intentional state (withdrawal from public life) in a single, elegant binome.