嗟来之食
jiē​lái​zhī​shí

handout offered with contempt

  • created reference approved 嗟来之食/嗟來之食 → 嗟来食/嗟來食 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    嗟来之食 / 嗟來之食 jiē​lái​zhī​shí

    嗟来食 / 嗟來食 jiē​lái​shí

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 嗟来之食/嗟來之食 · jiē​lái​zhī​shí · handout offered with contempt — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    嗟来之食 / 嗟來之食

    jiē​lái​zhī​shí

    handout offered with contempt

    food or help offered rudely or as an insulting handout; based on a story from the "Book of Rites" where a starving man refused food because the donor called out to him disrespectfully

    嗟 (literal) → 嗟 · jiē · hey 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 食 (literal) → 食 · shí · food

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

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