hù​shì

to rely on

怙恃 hù​shì
to rely on
(literary) to rely on; to depend upon for support
parents
(literary) one's father and mother; originally from a line in the "Classic of Poetry" meaning 'whom to rely on if no father, whom to depend on if no mother'
dependents
those who rely on influential persons for protection or support

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