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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jìrénlíxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihrenlishiah
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ li³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei³ jan⁴ lei⁴ haa⁶
  - Yale: gei yàhn lèih hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ jan⁴ lei⁴ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi³ yen⁴ léi⁴ ha⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ jɐn²¹ lei̯²¹ häː²²/

Idiom

寄人籬下

to depend on others, thus not being self-reliant

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