拒之门外

to lock one's door and refuse to see sb

to resist / to repel / to refuse

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

outside the door

outside / in addition / foreign / external