created sense approved 投亲靠友/投親靠友 · tóuqīnkàoyǒu · to seek refuge with friends and family — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
投亲靠友 / 投親靠友
tóuqīnkàoyǒu
to seek refuge with friends and family
To go and live with relatives and friends when one has no other place to stay; to seek help or shelter from one's social network of relations.
投亲 (literal) → 投亲/投親 · tóuqīn · to stay with relatives 靠 (literal) → 靠 · kào · to depend on 友 (literal) → 友 · yǒu · friend
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