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Jyutping gwo3 wut6
Pinyin guò huó

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to live one's life
  2. to make a living
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to live one's life; to eke out an existence; to pass the day; to get along; to pass one's days
  2. verb
    to make a living
    (syn.) 混饭吃, 尋食, 討食, 糊口, 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, 度喙飽, 谋生, 度三頓, 讨生活, 就食
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    靠你的收入你不能过活吗?
    靠你的收入你不能過活嗎?
    kào nǐ de shōu rù nǐ bù néng guò huó ma ?
    • Can't you get by on your salary?
  2. Mandarin
    丈夫死后她一个人过活。
    丈夫死後她一個人過活。
    zhàng fu sǐ hòu tā yī gè rén guò huó 。
    • She lived alone after her husband died.
  3. Mandarin
    我不知道汤姆做什么过活。
    我不知道湯姆做什麼過活。
    wǒ bù zhī dào tāng mǔ zuò shén me guò huó 。
    • I don't know what Tom does for a living.
  4. Mandarin
    要在一个像东京一样的大都市里过活,不借钱是很困难的。
    要在一個像東京一樣的大都市裡過活,不借錢是很困難的。
    yào zài yí gè xiàng dōng jīng yī yàng de dà dū shì lǐ guò huó , bù jiè qián shì hěn kùn nan de 。
    • It's really difficult to survive in a big city like Tokyo without going into debt.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    没有派对的日子,帕安岛十分宁静,像与世隔绝般的世外桃源,吸引了一批以灵修、瑜珈过活的年轻人移居此地,开班授徒。就连泰皇都被这世外桃源吸引
    沒有派對的日子,帕安島十分寧靜,像與世隔絕般的世外桃源,吸引了一批以靈脩、瑜珈過活的年輕人移居此地,開班授徒。就連泰皇都被這世外桃源吸引
    méi yǒu pài duì de rì zǐ , pà ān dǎo shí fēn níng jìng , xiàng yǔ shì gé jué bān de shì wài táo yuán , xī yǐn le yī pī yǐ líng xiū , yú jiā guò huó de nián qīng rén yí jū cǐ dì , kāi bān shòu tú . jiù lián tài huáng dōu bèi zhè shì wài táo yuán xī yǐn
    • On days when there are no parties, Koh Phangan is extremely serene, just like a utopia, separate from the world. It has attracted a group of young people who live engaging in spirituality and yoga to move here, set up classes and teach students. Even the Thai emperor has been attracted by this utopia
  2. Mandarin
    不但地主、贵族和皇室依靠剥削农民的地租过活,而且地主阶级的国家又强迫农民缴纳贡税,并强迫农民从事无偿的劳役,去养活一大群的国家官吏和主要地是为了镇压农民之用的军队。
    不但地主、貴族和皇室依靠剝削農民的地租過活,而且地主階級的國家又強迫農民繳納貢税,並強迫農民從事無償的勞役,去養活一大羣的國家官吏和主要地是為了鎮壓農民之用的軍隊。
    bù dàn dì zhǔ , guì zú hé huáng shì yī kào bō xuē nóng mín de dì zū guò huó , ér qiě dì zhǔ jiē jí de guó jiā yòu qiáng pò nóng mín jiǎo nà gòng shuì , bìng qiáng pò nóng mín cóng shì wú cháng de láo yì , qù yǎng huó yī dà qún de guó jiā guān lì hé zhǔ yào de shì wèi le zhèn yā nóng mín zhī yòng de jūn duì .
    • Not only did the landlords, the nobility and the royal family live on rent extorted from the peasants, but the landlord state also exacted tribute, taxes and corvee services from them to support a horde of government officials and an army which was used mainly for their repression.
  3. Mandarin
    偏远地区听不到炮声的人们,至今还是静悄悄地在那里过活。
    偏遠地區聽不到炮聲的人們,至今還是靜悄悄地在那裏過活。
    piān yuǎn dì qū tīng bu dào pào shēng de rén men , zhì jīn hái shì jìng qiāo qiāo de zài nà lǐ guò huó .
    • Even now the people in the remoter regions beyond the noise of the guns are carrying on quietly as usual.
  4. Mandarin
    由于父亲的收入减少,全家人将要勒紧裤头过活。
    由於父親的收入減少,全家人將要勒緊褲頭過活。
    yóu yú fù qīn de shōu rù jiǎn shào , quán jiā rén jiāng yào lè jǐn kù tóu guò huó .
    • Due to reduced income of (our) father, our whole family will need to live at reduced expense.