仰人鼻息

tā hèn zì jǐ wéi bèi liáng xīn zài zhè lǐ wěi qū qiú quán yǎng rén bí xī

他恨自己违背良心，在这里委曲求全，仰人鼻息。

He hated himself for going against his own conscience and stooping to compromise under someone's thumb.

tā sì hū bù yuàn zài jīng jì shang yǎng rén bí xī

她似乎不愿在经济上仰人鼻息。

She seemed averse to being under pecuniary obligations.

zài zhàn zhēng nián dài tā yī gè rén lā che jǐ gè hái zi bù dé bù yǎng rén bí xī zhēn nán wéi tā le

在战争年代，她一个人拉扯几个孩子，不得不仰人鼻息，真难为她了。

It was quite a job for her to bring up several children all by herself and have to rely on others for a living during the war.