飨以闭门羹
xiǎng​yǐ​bì​mén​gēng

to shut the door in someone's face

  • created sense approved 飨以闭门羹/饗以閉門羹 · xiǎng​yǐ​bì​mén​gēng · to shut the door in someone's face — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    飨以闭门羹 / 饗以閉門羹

    xiǎng​yǐ​bì​mén​gēng

    to shut the door in someone's face

    to shut the door in someone's face; to refuse someone entrance into a place; to give someone the cold shoulder

    飨 (literal) → 飨/饗 · xiǎng · to entertain 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 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