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所託非人

简所托非人 · 繁所託非人

Mandarin · pinyin suǒ tuō fēi rén

to entrust sth to the wrong person and get let down

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所: suǒ · place, location; numerary adjunct
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非: fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
托: tuō · to hold up with palm; to support, rely on

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3–1–1–2 · suo3 tuo1 fei1 ren2

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verb

to entrust something to the wrong person and get let down

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