拒之门外 jùzhīménwài to refuse admittance Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 拒 jù verb to refuse (bound form) to refuse; to reject; to decline to accept之 zhī pronoun it Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".门外 門外 ménwài locativenoun outside the door outside the door; the area just outside an entrance