拒之門外 jù zhī mén wài

to lock one's door and refuse to see sb

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to lock one's door and refuse to see sb

Characters

Character Meaning
拒 jù HSK 4
to refuse; to resist; to repel
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
門 mén
door; gate; doorway
外 wài HSK 2
outside; external; foreign