糊口 [－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to scrape a meager living
  2. to get by with difficulty
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    勉強​維持​生活
    to eke out one's living
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty; to eke out a livelihood
    (syn.) 混饭吃, 过活, 尋食, 討食, 寻食, 度三顿, 謀生, 赚食, 搵食, 讨食, 揾食, 營生, 趁食, 混飯吃, 度喙饱, 賺食, 討生活, 糊嘴, 营生, 度食, 過活, 度喙飽, 谋生, 度三頓, 讨生活, 就食
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    那些无家可归的人每天过著仅够糊口的生活。
    那些無家可歸的人每天過著僅夠糊口的生活。
    nà xiē wú jiā kě guī de rén měi tiān guò zhù jǐn gòu hú kǒu de shēng huó 。
    • Those homeless people are living hand-to-mouth.
  2. Mandarin
    失业者渴望工作——任何有助于养家糊口的工作都可以。
    失業者渴望工作——任何有助於養家糊口的工作都可以。
    shī yè zhě kě wàng gōng zuò —— rèn hé yǒu zhù yú yǎng jiā hú kǒu de gōng zuò dōu kě yǐ 。
    • The jobless became desperate for work – any work that would help them to support their families.