拒人于千里之外
jù​rén​yú​qiān​lǐ​zhī​wài

to keep people at a distance

  1. 拒 jù verb
    to refuse
    (bound form) to refuse; to reject; to decline to accept
  2. 人 rén nounpronoun
    other people
    other people; others; another person
  3. 于 於 yú preposition
    to
    Indicates the recipient or target of an action; equivalent to 对 duì or 向 xiàng
  4. 千里 qiān​lǐ
    a thousand li
    one thousand 里 lǐ; approximately 500 kilometers; used metaphorically to mean a very long distance
  5. 之外 zhī​wài locative
    outside
    The area or range beyond a certain limit or boundary