寄人籬下
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Chinese[edit]
lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend |
man; person; people | a fence | under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter | ||
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trad. (寄人籬下) | 寄 | 人 | 籬 | 下 | |
simp. (寄人篱下) | 寄 | 人 | 篱 | 下 | |
Literally: “to live under others' fence”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
寄人籬下
- to depend on others, thus not being self-reliant