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依人篱下
yī​rén​lí​xià

to live under another's roof

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
依人篱下 依人籬下 yī​rén​lí​xià
to live under another's roof
To live in someone else's house; depends on others for a living without being independent.

Frequency

Written text
0.002 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 寄人篱下 jì​rén​lí​xià

Antonym

  • 自立门户 zì​lì​mén​hù

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)