为人作嫁
wèi​rén​zuò​jià

to work for others' benefit

  • created reference approved 为人作嫁/為人作嫁 → 为人作嫁衣裳/為人作嫁衣裳 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    为人作嫁 / 為人作嫁 wèi​rén​zuò​jià

    为人作嫁衣裳 / 為人作嫁衣裳 wèi​rén​zuò​jià​yī​shang

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 为人作嫁/為人作嫁 · wèi​rén​zuò​jià · to work for others' benefit — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    为人作嫁 / 為人作嫁

    wèi​rén​zuò​jià

    to work for others' benefit

    to work hard and toil for the benefit of others while receiving no reward or advantage for oneself

    为人 (literal) → 为人/為人 · wèi​rén · for others 作嫁 (literal) → 作嫁 · zuò​jià · to work for others

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense