仰人鼻息 — Chinese idiom

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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