寄托 / 寄託
jì tuō
Meaning
- to entrust (to someone)
- to place (one's hope, energy and so on) in
- a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy and so on)
Example sentences
把小孩寄托给奶奶养。
把小孩寄託給奶奶養。
bǎ xiǎo hái jì tuō gěi nǎi nǎi yǎng。
They entrusted their child to their grandmother to raise.
儿子不争气，只能把希望寄托在孙子身上。
兒子不爭氣，只能把希望寄託在孫子身上。
ér zi bù zhēng qì， zhǐ néng bǎ xī wàng jì tuō zài sūn zi shēn shàng。
Since his son was a disappointment, he could only place his hopes on his grandson.