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持
生
活
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Jyutping
wai4 ci4 sang1 wut6
Pinyin
wéi chí shēng huó
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to subsist
to eke out a living
to keep body and soul together
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb
to make a living
verb
to subsist
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
他靠什么维持生活?
他靠什麼維持生活?
tā kào shén me wéi chí shēng huó ?
What does he do for a living?
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
身无分文的姑娘们是如何维持生活的?
身無分文的姑娘們是如何維持生活的?
shēn wú fēn wén de gū niáng men shì rú hé wéi chí shēng huó de ?
How do penniless young women survive?
Mandarin
不足部分,可以种杂粮、捞鱼虾、饲鸡豕,或出卖一部分劳动力,勉强维持生活,于艰难竭蹶之中,存聊以卒岁之想。
不足部分,可以種雜糧、撈魚蝦、飼雞豕,或出賣一部分勞動力,勉強維持生活,於艱難竭蹶之中,存聊以卒歲之想。
bù zú bù fen , kě yǐ zhòng zá liáng , lāo yú xiā , sì jī shǐ , huò chū mài yī bù fen láo dòng lì , miǎn qiǎng wéi chí shēng huó , yú jiān nán jié jué zhī zhōng , cún liáo yǐ zú suì zhī xiǎng .
To make up their deficit they cultivate side crops, catch fish or shrimps, raise poultry or pigs, or sell part of their labour power, and thus eke out a living, hoping in the midst of hardship and destitution to tide over the year.