抵足而眠 — Chinese idiom
抵足而眠
dǐ zú ér mián
Meaning
- lit. to live and sleep together ; fig. a close friendship
Character by character
- 抵dǐto resist; to arrive; mortgage
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 眠miánsleep, shut-eye, hibernatation
Idioms sharing a character
- 一夔已足 yī kuí yǐ zú
- 三足鼎立 sān zú dǐng lì
- 不足挂齿 bù zú guà chǐ
- 不足为奇 bù zú wéi qí
- 不足为怪 bù zú wéi guài
- 人给家足 rén jǐ jiā zú
- 兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú
- 削足适履 xuē zú shì lǚ
- 品头论足 pǐn tóu lùn zú
- 家给人足 jiā jǐ rén zú
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