却被他们拒之于门外
“only to be shut out by them.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“returning to school full of enthusiasm”
却被他们 拒之于门外
“only to be shut out by them.”
算了 我不说了
“Forget it. I won't say anything.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using literary four-character idioms (like 拒之门外) when recounting injustice heightens emotional gravitas and lends moral legitimacy to the speaker's narrative.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to shut out / to slam the door on someone / to ostracize
A classical idiom (chengyu) frequently used in modern speech to denote literal or institutional exclusion.