寄人篱下 Chinese English dictionary 寄人篱下 translate 寄人篱下 pinyin

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寄人篱下

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
寄人篱下 jìrénlíxià	寄人篱下 \| 寄人篱下* \| *寄人篱下	to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity	寄人籬下

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
寄	寄 \| 寄* \| *寄	11画宀 + 8	jì	send, transmit, mail; rely on	gei3	3062.1 JKMR


人	人 \| 人* \| *人	2画人亻 + 0	rén	man; people; mankind; someone else	jan4	8000.0 O


篱	篱 \| 篱* \| *篱	16画竹 + 11	lí	bamboo or wooden fence; hedge	lei4	籬 8822.7 HYUB


下	下 \| 下* \| *下	3画一 + 2	xià	under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down	haa6	1023.0 MY

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
寄人篱下 jìrénlíxià	寄人篱下 \| 寄人篱下* \| *寄人篱下	to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity


寄 jì	寄 \| 寄* \| *寄	to entrust; to place in sb's care / (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily / (bound form) foster (as in 寄女 foster daughter) / to send by post; to mail


人　rén	人 \| 人* \| *人	person; people / CL: 個｜个, 位, 名


篱　　lí	篱 \| 篱* \| *篱	a fence


下　　　xià	下 \| 下* \| *下	down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action