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大树底下好乘凉

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dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng

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  1. 1. lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person

Child Words of 大树底下好乘凉

下
xià

down

乘
chéng

to ride

乘
shèng

(archaic) four horse military chariot

大
dà

big; large; great

大
dài

see 大夫[dài fu]

好
hǎo

good

好
hào

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

底
de

(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

底
dǐ

background

底下
dǐ xia

the location below sth

树
shù

tree

凉
liáng

the 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[nán liáng] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)

凉
liàng

to let sth cool down

乘凉
chéng liáng

to cool off in the shade

大树
dà shù

Tashu township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan

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