吃闭门羹
chī​bì​mén​gēng

to be refused entrance

  • created sense approved 吃闭门羹/吃閉門羹 · chī​bì​mén​gēng · to be refused entrance — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃闭门羹 / 吃閉門羹

    chī​bì​mén​gēng

    to be refused entrance

    To be refused entrance or a meeting, or to find the host away and the door closed; figuratively, to have a request flatly rejected

    吃, 闭门羹

    吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to suffer 闭门羹 (literal) → 闭门羹/閉門羹 · bì​mén​gēng · denial of entry

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense