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- to entrust; to place in sb's care
- (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily
- (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter)
- to send by post; to mail
Trad. 寄養
- to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc)
- to foster
- to board out
- to live in or on another organism as a parasite
- to live by taking advantage of others
- parasitism
- parasitic
Trad. 寄託
- to entrust (to sb)
- to place (one's hope, energy etc) in
- a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
Trad. 寄語
- to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc; a message of this sort
Trad. 寄存處
- warehouse
- temporary store
- left-luggage office
- cloak-room
Trad. 寄人籬下
- to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
- parasitic life (of an organism); (fig.) parasitic lifestyle (of a person)
Trad. 千里寄鵝毛
- goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛