phrase, idiomatic, literary
to tide over the year; to scrape a living
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。
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。
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.
phrase, idiomatic, literary
to live leisurely and carefree
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.