one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
trad. 在家靠父母，出門靠朋友
Also written 在家靠父母，出門靠朋友【zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you】
Characters in this word
9在
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to exist; to be alive, (of sb or sth) to be (located) at, (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- Pinyin
- zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6 of 2500
家
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used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Traditional
- 傢
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 400 of 2500
靠
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to lean against or on, to stand by the side of, to come near to, to depend on, to trust, to fuck (vulgar), traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
- Pinyin
- kào
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 685 of 2500
父
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(bound form) father, (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]), (computing) (bound form) parent-
- Pinyin
- fù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 11239 of 2500
母
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mother, elderly female relative, origin, source, (of animals) female
- Pinyin
- mǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 10584 of 2500
出
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to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 328 of 2500
门
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surname Men
- Pinyin
- Mén
- Traditional
- 門
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 909 of 2500
朋
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friend
- Pinyin
- péng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 43636 of 2500
友
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friend
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 24457 of 2500