鹪鹩巢林，不过一枝
jiāo​liáo​cháo​lín​bù​guò​yī​zhī

content with little

  • created sense approved 鹪鹩巢林，不过一枝/鷦鷯巢林，不過一枝 · jiāo​liáo​cháo​lín​bù​guò​yī​zhī · content with little — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹪鹩巢林，不过一枝 / 鷦鷯巢林，不過一枝

    jiāo​liáo​cháo​lín​bù​guò​yī​zhī

    content with little

    (idiom, from Zhuangzi) the wren nests in the woods but uses only one branch; figuratively, to be content with a small share or humble position

    鹪鹩 (literal) → 鹪鹩/鷦鷯 · jiāo​liáo · wren 巢 (literal) → 巢 · cháo · to build a nest 林 (literal) → 林 · lín · forest ， (non_chinese) 不过 (literal) → 不过/不過 · bù​guò · only 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