ㄧㄤˇyǎngㄖㄣˊrénㄅㄧˊㄒㄧˊ

  1. 依靠別人鼻子出的氣息勉強存活比喻依靠他人生活別人臉色行事不能自主北齊·〉:倒懸仰人鼻息。」寄人籬下自力更生自立門戶

to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom)​; to depend on sb's whim for one's living