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仰人鼻息
 
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yǎng rén bí xī
  • to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom)
  • to depend on sb's whim for one's living

仰人鼻息 yǎng rén bí xī

仰人鼻息
1 依靠别人鼻子里呼出的气息而勉强存活。比喻依靠他人生活或看别人的脸色行事,不能自主。北齐.杜弼〈檄梁文〉:「解其倒悬,仰人鼻息。」

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