寄人籬下

Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	man; person; people	a fence	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (寄人籬下)		寄	人	籬	下
simp. (寄人篱下)		寄	人	篱	下
Literally: “to live under others' fence”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìrénlíxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ jan⁴ lei⁴ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìrénlíxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìrénlísià
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-jên²-li²-hsia⁴
    • Yale: jì-rén-lí-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihrenlishiah
    • Palladius: цзижэньлися (czižɛnʹlisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ li³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ jan⁴ lei⁴ haa⁶
    • Yale: gei yàhn lèih hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ jan⁴ lei⁴ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ yen⁴ léi⁴ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ jɐn²¹ lei̯²¹ haː²²/

Idiom

寄人籬下

1. to depend on others, thus not being self-reliant