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大树底下好乘凉

dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liángdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom) / fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

大樹底下好乘涼 大树底下好乘凉 [da4 shu4 di3 xia4 hao3 cheng2 liang2] /lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)/fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person/

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Other forms in these source records: 大樹底下好乘涼

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 树
    shù

    tree / CL:棵[kē] / to cultivate / to set up

  • 底
    de

    (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

    dǐ

    bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[dǐ shù])

  • 下
    xià

    down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

  • 好
    hǎo

    good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a form of address) hello

    hào

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

  • 乘
    chéng

    to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed

    shèng

    (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books

    Chéng

    surname Cheng

  • 凉
    liáng

    cool / cold

    liàng

    to let sth cool down

    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)

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