拒之门外 jù zhī mén wài

to lock one's door and refuse to see sb

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 15251st word

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
门 mén HSK 2
door; gate; doorway
外 wài HSK 2
outside; external; foreign