坐不垂堂 — Chinese idiom
坐不垂堂
zuò bù chuí táng
Meaning
- lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) ; fig. keep out of danger
Character by character
- 坐zuòseat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 垂chuíto hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; alm
- 堂tánghall, large room; government office; cousins
Idioms sharing a character
- 坐井观天 zuò jǐng guān tiān
- 坐享其成 zuò xiǎng qí chéng
- 坐以待毙 zuò yǐ dài bì
- 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng
- 坐失机宜 zuò shī jī yí
- 坐失良机 zuò shī liáng jī
- 坐收渔利 zuò shōu yú lì
- 坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān
- 坐立难安 zuò lì nán ān
- 坐而论道 zuò ér lùn dào
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