曳裾侯门
yè​jū​hóu​mén

to serve as a protégé

  • created sense approved 曳裾侯门/曳裾侯門 · yè​jū​hóu​mén · to serve as a protégé — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    曳裾侯门 / 曳裾侯門

    yè​jū​hóu​mén

    to serve as a protégé

    to drag one's hem at the gates of the nobility, referring to the practice of seeking patronage or serving as an attendant to the powerful

    曳 (literal) → 曳 · yè · to drag 裾 (literal) → 裾 · jū · hem 侯门 (literal) → 侯门/侯門 · hóu​mén · noble house

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

    created sense