- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 奇(strange; entrust)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Trusting someone to stay temporarily under a stranger's roof — strange yet comforting.
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寄人篱下
寄人篱下
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
- ，。
He lives under someone else's roof, and his life is very difficult.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
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寄人篱下
Traditional寄人籬下
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
- ，。
He lives under someone else's roof, and his life is very difficult.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 宀(roof)RADICAL
- 奇(strange; entrust)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Trusting someone to stay temporarily under a stranger's roof — strange yet comforting.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
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