jì rén lí xià

Traditional: 寄人籬下

寄人篱下 (jì rén lí xià) is a Chinese word meaning “to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity”.

Meanings

  1. 1to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity

Characters in 寄人篱下

寄jì · to entrust; to place in sb's care人rén · person; people篱lí · a fence下xià · down

Related words

人person; people下down一下(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try)女人woman女人wife下来to come down别人other people; others; other person男人a man有人someone人们people下去to go down夫人lady

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