| 大树底下好乘凉 |
dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng |
lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom) / fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 树 |
shù |
tree / CL:棵 / to cultivate / to set up |
| 底 |
de |
(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) |
| 底 |
dǐ |
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底数) |
| 底下 |
dǐ xia |
the location below sth / afterwards |
| 下 |
xià |
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 |
| 好 |
hǎo |
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello |
| 好 |
hào |
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to |
| 乘 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng |
| 乘 |
chéng |
to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed |
| 乘 |
shèng |
(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books |
| 乘 |
chéng |
old variant of 乘 |
| 乘凉 |
chéng liáng |
to cool off in the shade |
| 凉 |
Liáng |
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) |
| 凉 |
liáng |
cool / cold |
| 凉 |
liàng |
to let sth cool down |