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恃

shì

Meanings

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shì
  1. 1.(bound form) to rely on
  2. 2.(literary) one's mother

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.rely on, presume on, trust to
  2. 2.mother

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Etymology

; “mother” See 怙恃 (hùshì). Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *djɯʔ): semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs)

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Stroke order

Components

恃忄寺

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Derived terms

仗恃倚恃倚恃毋得可恃失恃居功自恃怙恃恃勢凌人恃夠夠恃够够恃寵而驕恃宠而骄恃強凌弱恃強欺弱恃强欺弱恃愛恃爱恃才傲物恃才矜己恃才自專恃才自专恃架架憑恃凭恃有恃無恐有恃无恐無恃无恃矜功恃寵矜功恃宠

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Related words

仗恃 to rely on; to depend on怙恃 to rely on可恃 reliable失恃 to lose sb one relies upon自恃 self-esteem凭恃 to depend on恃才傲物 (idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous恃强欺弱 to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom)恃强凌弱 see 恃强欺弱[shì qiáng qī ruò]有恃无恐 secure in the knowledge that one has backing