大树底下好乘凉
Traditional: 大樹底下好乘涼Dictionary entry
lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
What does 大树底下好乘凉 mean?
大树底下好乘凉 (dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
2fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
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大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)树shùtree · CL:棵[ke1]底de(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)下xiàdown · downwards好hǎogood · appropriate; proper乘Chéngsurname Cheng凉Liángthe five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
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