靠山

kào shān

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Definitions

  1. 1. patron; backer
  2. 2. close to a mountain

Words Containing 靠山

靠山吃山，靠水吃水
kào shān chī shān , kào shuǐ chī shuǐ

lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom)

Child Words of 靠山

山
shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

靠
kào

to lean against or on