鹪鹩一枝
jiāo​liáo​yī​zhī

humble position

  • created reference approved 鹪鹩一枝/鷦鷯一枝 → 鹪鹩巢林，不过一枝/鷦鷯巢林，不過一枝 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹪鹩一枝 / 鷦鷯一枝 jiāo​liáo​yī​zhī

    鹪鹩巢林，不过一枝 / 鷦鷯巢林，不過一枝 jiāo​liáo​cháo​lín​bù​guò​yī​zhī

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鹪鹩一枝/鷦鷯一枝 · jiāo​liáo​yī​zhī · humble position — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹪鹩一枝 / 鷦鷯一枝

    jiāo​liáo​yī​zhī

    humble position

    Meaning "the wren builds its nest on a single branch," used to describe someone who asks for very little or as a polite way to request a job; often implies being content with what one has

    jiāo​liáo​yì​zhī

    鹪鹩 (literal) → 鹪鹩/鷦鷯 · jiāo​liáo · wren 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 枝 (literal) → 枝 · zhī · [slender objects]

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

    created sense