jì​rén​lí​xià

to live under another's roof

  • created reference approved 寄人篱下/寄人籬下 → 依人篱下/依人籬下 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寄人篱下 / 寄人籬下 jì​rén​lí​xià

    依人篱下 / 依人籬下 yī​rén​lí​xià

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 寄人篱下/寄人籬下 · jì​rén​lí​xià · to live under another's roof — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寄人篱下 / 寄人籬下

    jì​rén​lí​xià

    to live under another's roof

    To live in someone else's house and depend on their charity or support

    寄 (literal) → 寄 · jì · to stay temporarily 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · other people 篱 (literal) → 篱/籬 · lí · fence 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 寄人篱下/寄人籬下 · jì​rén​lí​xià · to be unoriginal — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寄人篱下 / 寄人籬下

    jì​rén​lí​xià

    to be unoriginal

    To lack originality in writing or art by following another's style or borrowing another's ideas.

    寄 (literal) → 寄 · jì · to stay temporarily 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · other people 篱 (literal) → 篱/籬 · lí · fence 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below

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

    created sense