Senses
寄托/ 寄託 variants: 寄托 to place (hope or energy) in
To invest one's hopes, ideals, or emotions in a person, career, or activity; also refers to a person or thing that serves as a source of spiritual or emotional support.
寄托/ 寄託 variants: 寄托 to entrust
To place someone or something in the care of another person; to commit a person or task into another's charge.
寄托/ 寄託 to find a place for
(Literary) to find a place to stay or to seek refuge; to settle down and find security.
寄托/ 寄託 bailment
(Law) a legal contract where one party delivers property to another for safekeeping.
寄托/ 寄託 variants: 寄托 literary allegory
(In literature and art) to convey feelings or ideas through a specific subject; to use allegory or metaphors to express one's thoughts