Entry
寄jì人rén篱lí下xià

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

    trad. 寄人籬下

Also written 寄人籬下【jì rén lí xià】

Characters in this word

4
寄
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter), to send by post; to mail

Pinyin
jì
Strokes
11
Frequency
3629 of 2500
Words starting with 寄Words ending in 寄Anywhere in a word
下
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Pinyin
xià
Strokes
3
Frequency
184 of 2500
Words starting with 下Words ending in 下Anywhere in a word