In China, when you refuse someone, he or she might be described as "吃闭门羹" ("eating a bowl of door-closing thick soup"). What is the story b1. this saying?
It is said that during the Tang Dynasty (618– 907), there lived a beautiful woman c2. Shi Feng. Many young men wanted to m3. her. But Shi was hard to c4.. She asked her admirers(倾慕者) to show her poems that they had written. She did this to see i5. they were talented(有天赋的). If Shi liked someone’s poems, she would a6. to meet him. If she didn’t, she wouldn’t meet them. But then, to be p7., she would at least give them a bowl of geng (羹) to eat. Geng is a type of thick s8.. It is usually made with grain, fruit or vegetables.
As time passed, "eating a bowl of thick soup" came to mean "being refused". The dish was also nicknamed "door-closing thick soup", since Shi would not open her door for people who r9. the dish.
But there is a twist (意外转折) to this story. "Door-closing thick soup" was said to be so tasty that more people started coming to Shi’s door — not to marry her, but to have a t10. of the soup!
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