立 lì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
立足
lìzú
to base oneself on; to establish a foothold
Characters in this word
足 zú
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 企业若想长期立足海外市场，就不能只依赖低价竞争。 Qǐyè ruò xiǎng chángqī lìzú hǎiwài shìchǎng, jiù bù néng zhǐ yīlài dījià jìngzhēng. If a company wants to establish a long-term foothold in overseas markets, it cannot rely only on low-price competition.
- 刚来大城市的时候，他只想先找份工作立足。 Gāng lái dà chéngshì de shíhou, tā zhǐ xiǎng xiān zhǎo fèn gōngzuò lìzú. When he first came to the big city, he just wanted to find a job to get a foothold.
- 做人要立足现实，不能总是想着一夜成功。 Zuòrén yào lìzú xiànshí, bù néng zǒngshì xiǎngzhe yí yè chénggōng. One should be grounded in reality and not always dream of overnight success.