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寄人籬下. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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寄人籬下 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
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lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend |
man; person; people
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a fence
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under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter |
| trad. (寄人籬下)
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寄
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人
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籬
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下
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| simp. (寄人篱下)
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寄
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人
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篱
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下
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| Literally: “to live under others' fence”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
寄人籬下
- to depend on others, thus not being self-reliant