作嫁
zuò​jià

to work for others

  • created reference approved 作嫁 → 作嫁衣裳 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    作嫁 zuò​jià

    作嫁衣裳 zuò​jià​yī​shang

    abbreviation

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  • created sense approved 作嫁 · zuò​jià · to work for others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    作嫁

    zuò​jià

    to work for others

    (literary) to work hard for the benefit of others; originally referring to making wedding clothes for another woman; also used to describe earning a living by working for someone else

    作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to do 嫁 (literal) → 嫁 · jià · to marry

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

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