仰人鼻息 — Chinese idiom
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
Meaning
- to rely on others for the air one breathes ; to depend on sb's whim for one's living
Character by character
- 仰yǎngraise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admir
- 人rénman, person; people
- 鼻bínose; first
- 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,
Idioms sharing a character
- 久仰大名 jiǔ yǎng dà míng
- 人仰马翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān
- 仰屋著书 yǎng wū zhù shū
- 四仰八叉 sì yǎng bā chā
- 笑不可仰 xiào bù kě yǎng
- 与世俯仰 yǔ shì fǔ yǎng
- 钻坚仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
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