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Usage of the character 籬

[籬]
  • a fence
líyuán
篱垣
[籬垣]
  • fence
  • hedge
wéilí
围篱
[圍籬]
  • fence; paling
fánlí
樊篱
[樊籬]
  • (lit.) fence; hedge
  • (fig.) restriction
shùlí
树篱
[樹籬]
  • hedge
zhàlí
栅篱
[柵籬]
  • hedge
  • fence
fānlí
藩篱
[藩籬]
  • hedge
  • fence
  • (fig.) barrier
líba
篱笆
[籬笆]
  • fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)
zhàoli
笊篱
[笊籬]
  • strainer (made of bamboo, wicker, or wire)
xuēlíyīng
靴篱莺
[靴籬鶯]
  • (bird species of China) booted warbler (Iduna caligata)
bālízi
笆篱子
[笆籬子]
  • (dialect) prison
zhúlíbā
竹篱笆
[竹籬笆]
  • fence
Sàishìlíyīng
赛氏篱莺
[賽氏籬鶯]
  • (bird species of China) Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama)
bàngrénlíbì
傍人篱壁
[傍人籬壁]
  • to depend on others
cǎolülíyīng
草绿篱莺
[草綠籬鶯]
  • (bird species of China) eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida)
yángchùfānlí
羊触藩篱
[羊觸藩籬]
  • lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經/易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
  • without any way out of a dilemma
  • trapped
  • in an impossible situation
zhēnxiànbólí
针线箔篱
[針線箔籬]
  • wicker sewing basket (dialect)
jìrénlíxià
寄人篱下
[寄人籬下]
  • to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity