寄人篱下 — Chinese idiom
寄人篱下
jì rén lí xià
Traditional: 寄人籬下
Meaning
- to lodge under another person's roof ; to live relying on sb else's charity
Character by character
- 寄jìto mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entru
- 人rénman, person; people
- 篱líbamboo fence; fence, hedge
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
Idioms sharing a character
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
- 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 人丁兴旺 rén dīng xīng wàng
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