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寄母
jì mǔ
Pinyin
Definition
寄母
-
jì mǔ
foster mother
Character Decomposition
寄
宀
大
一
亅
口
母
母
Related Words
(20)
母亲
mǔ qīn
1
mother
2
also pr. [mǔ qin]
3
CL:個|个[gè]
父母
fù mǔ
1
father and mother
2
parents
丈母
zhàng mǔ
1
wife's mother
2
mother-in-law
丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
1
wife's mother
2
mother-in-law
3
same as 丈母
伯母
bó mǔ
1
wife of father's elder brother
2
aunt
3
(polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
4
CL:個|个[gè]
字母
zì mǔ
1
letter (of the alphabet)
2
CL:個|个[gè]
寄
jì
1
to send
2
to mail
3
to entrust
4
to depend on
5
to attach oneself to
6
to live (in a house)
7
to lodge
8
foster (son etc)
寄予
jì yǔ
1
to place (hope, importance etc) on
2
to express
3
to show
4
to give
寄人篱下
jì rén lí xià
1
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
寄出
jì chū
1
to mail
2
to send by post
寄望
jì wàng
1
to place hopes on
寄生
jì shēng
1
to live in or on another organism as a parasite
2
to live by taking advantage of others
3
parasitism
4
parasitic
寄托
jì tuō
1
to entrust (to sb)
2
to place (one's hope, energy etc) in
3
a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc)
寄养
jì yǎng
1
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc)
2
to foster
3
to board out
岳母
yuè mǔ
1
wife's mother, mother-in-law
母
mǔ
1
mother
2
elderly female relative
3
origin
4
source
5
(of animals) female
母乳
mǔ rǔ
1
mother's milk
母女
mǔ nu:3
1
mother-daughter
母子
mǔ zǐ
1
mother and child
2
parent and subsidiary (companies)
3
principal and interest
母爱
mǔ ài
1
maternal love
Idioms
(5)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
1
like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
1
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
2
also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
在家靠父母,出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
1
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母,出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
1
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
寄人篱下
jì rén lí xià
1
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
Sample Sentences