寄人篱下

寄
寄
人
人
篱
籬
下
下
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity

Characters and words in 寄人篱下

寄
jì = ji + Ø4
to send / to mail / to entrust / to depend on / to attach oneself to / to live (in a house) / to lodge / foster (son etc)
寄 = 奇 + 宀 : Joan of Arc (ji) mails (寄) home a present from the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She decided to mail a cappuccino (奇) in a graduation cap (宀).
人
rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).
篱
籬
lí = li + Ø2
a fence
下
xià = xi + a4
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
下 = 一 + 卜 : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.

Words with 寄人篱下

寄人篱下 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 寄人篱下

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