汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 闭门羹
闭门羹 (閉門羹)
see 吃閉門羹|吃闭门羹[chi1 bi4 men2 geng1]
Refusing a guest to enter the door is called letting the guest eat the door
见 〖吃闭门羹〗。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我昨天去他家看他,不想吃了闭门羹

I went to see him yesterday, but unfortunately I was to a locked door.

我不断地把自己的作品发给杂志社和出版社,但大多数时候都吃了闭门羹

I kept sending my work to magazines and publishing houses, but I got mostly refusals.

我求你不要,除非你已经不愿意在这里受到接待,而愿意林惇对你飨以闭门羹

I beg you will, unless you are tired of being received here, and wish Linton to draw the bolts against you!

尽管他的家族已经在日本定居超过两个世代,但他拥有韩国和中国的血统,这使他不得不吃到一些闭门羹

Although his family has lived in Japan for two generations, he is of Korean-Chinese descent, and has thus had to suffer having doors slammed in his face.