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靠山吃山
kào​shān​chī​shān

to live off one's local resources

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 靠山 kào​shān
    to be near a mountain
    to be situated close to a mountain or range of hills
  2. 吃 chī nounverb
    to live on
    to rely on a certain source for one's livelihood
  3. 山 shān noun
    mountain
    mountain; hill; range