来者不拒 (lái zhě bú jù) — (set phrase) to never turn anyone away; to acce…

Definition

A chengyu meaning 'never turn anyone away' — used for someone who accepts every request, offer, or new member without refusal.

idiom

(set phrase) to never turn anyone awayto accept every request or offer

来者不拒，。
Zhè jiā cān tīng duì gù kè lái zhě bú jù, wú lùn diǎn duō shǎo cài dōu rè qíng fú wù.
This restaurant never turns away customers; no matter how many dishes you order, they serve with enthusiasm.
来者不拒，，。
Tā xiàng lái lái zhě bú jù, zhǐ yào yǒu rén zhǎo tā bāng máng, tā dōu huì dā ying.
He has always been the type to never say no; whenever someone asks him for help, he agrees.
来者不拒，。
Zhè ge shè tuán lái zhě bú jù, huān yíng suǒ yǒu xīn chéng yuán jiā rù.
This club accepts everyone; it welcomes all new members.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 來; 来 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 來 shows a wheat plant: a central ear, upward leaves, and downward stem and roots. The simplified 来 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The picture in 不 originally showed a flower’s calyx; the “no” sense came later from a related character, not from this picture.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌巨拒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

巨

巨jù拒⁰jù

Same sound today

拒 pairs 扌 (hand) with 巨, a part that gives the sound.

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