English
- rely on, presume on, trust to
- (bound form) to rely on
- to act on
- (literary) one's mother
- to abuse; to take advantage of; to make excessive use of
粵語
- 將一個人啲優點、特質，或者令人尊敬嘅身份濫用，或者用喺一啲唔關事嘅地方
As a component in
Words containing 恃
- 失恃sat1 ci5
to lose sb one relies upon
- 憑恃pang4 ci5
to depend on
- 仗恃zoeng6 ci5
to rely on; to depend on
- 恃強凌弱ci5 koeng4 ling4 joek6
see 恃強欺弱|恃强欺弱[shi4 qiang2 qi1 ruo4]
- 怙恃wu6 ci5
to rely on
- 自恃zi6 ci5
self-esteem
- 可恃ho2 ci5
reliable
- 恃老賣老ci5 lou5 maai6 lou5
people, usually the elderly, who bully or look down on others, because they think their old age gives them the right to do so
- 有恃無恐jau5 ci5 mou4 hung2
secure in the knowledge that one has backing
- 恃強欺弱ci5 koeng4 hei1 joek6
to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom)
- 恃熟賣熟ci5 suk6 maai6 suk6
to take advantage of one as they are friends or have a good relationship
- 恃勢欺人ci5 sai3 hei1 jan4
taking advantage of the situation and bully others
- 恃寵生驕ci5 cung2 sang1 giu1
arrogance due to privilege
- 一無所恃jat1 mou4 so2 ci5
- 恃才傲物ci5 coi4 ngou6 mat6
(idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous