寄居蟹
jì jū xiè
Pinyin

Definition

寄居蟹
 - 
jì jū xiè
  1. hermit crab

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

居然
jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
巨蟹座
Jù xiè zuò
  1. 1 Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
同居
tóng jū
  1. 1 to live together
家居
jiā jū
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 residence
  3. 3 to stay at home (unemployed)
寄
jì
  1. 1 to send
  2. 2 to mail
  3. 3 to entrust
  4. 4 to depend on
  5. 5 to attach oneself to
  6. 6 to live (in a house)
  7. 7 to lodge
  8. 8 foster (son etc)
寄托
jì tuō
  1. 1 to entrust (to sb)
  2. 2 to place (one's hope, energy etc) in
  3. 3 a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc)
居
Jū
  1. 1 surname Ju
居住
jū zhù
  1. 1 to reside
  2. 2 to dwell
  3. 3 to live in a place
  4. 4 resident in
居多
jū duō
  1. 1 to be in the majority
居室
jū shì
  1. 1 room
  2. 2 apartment
居家
jū jiā
  1. 1 to live at home
  2. 2 to stay at home
  3. 3 home (schooling etc)
  4. 4 in-home (care etc)
  5. 5 household (repairs etc)
  6. 6 living (environment etc)
居民
jū mín
  1. 1 resident
  2. 2 inhabitant
巨蟹
Jù xiè
  1. 1 Cancer (star sign)
张居正
Zhāng Jū zhèng
  1. 1 Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
故居
gù jū
  1. 1 former residence
蜗居
wō jū
  1. 1 humble abode
  2. 2 to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
螃蟹
páng xiè
  1. 1 crab
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
邮寄
yóu jì
  1. 1 to mail
  2. 2 to send by post
邻居
lín jū
  1. 1 neighbor
  2. 2 next door
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
人居
rén jū
  1. 1 human habitat

Idioms (14)

功成不居
gōng chéng bù jū
  1. 1 not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
  2. 2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
安居乐业
ān jū lè yè
  1. 1 to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
寄人篱下
jì rén lí xià
  1. 1 to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
居功自傲
jū gōng zì ào
  1. 1 satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
居安思危
jū ān sī wēi
  1. 1 to think of danger in times of safety
  2. 2 to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
居心不良
jū xīn bù liáng
  1. 1 to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
居心叵测
jū xīn pǒ cè
  1. 1 harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)
居无定所
jū wú dìng suǒ
  1. 1 to be without a fixed residence (idiom)
居高临下
jū gāo lín xià
  1. 1 to live high and look down (idiom)
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to tower above
  4. 4 to occupy the high ground
  5. 5 fig. arrogance based on one's social position
后来居上
hòu lái jū shàng
  1. 1 lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation
  2. 2 the pupil surpasses the master
翘居群首
qiáo jū qún shǒu
  1. 1 head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
  2. 2 outstanding
虾兵蟹将
xiā bīng xiè jiàng
  1. 1 shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
  2. 2 useless troops (idiom)
起居作息
qǐ jū zuò xī
  1. 1 lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyday life
  3. 3 daily routine
  4. 4 to go about one's daily life

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