乞靈
qǐ​líng

to seek help from

  • created reference approved 乞灵/乞靈 → ...于/...於 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乞灵 / 乞靈 qǐ​líng

    ...于 / ...於 ... yú

    see

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  • created sense approved 乞灵/乞靈 · qǐ​líng · to seek help from — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乞灵 / 乞靈

    qǐ​líng

    to seek help from

    To pray to gods or spirits for assistance; often used figuratively to describe resorting to or relying on something for help, particularly in the pattern [[...于|...於|... yu2]] and frequently with a negative tone.

    乞 (literal) → 乞 · qǐ · to beg 灵 (literal) → 灵/靈 · líng · supernatural

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

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