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Simplfied Chinese
生计
Traditional Chinese
生計
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
shēng jì
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
saang1 gai3
Short definition livelihood
Usage frequency Common
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All available English definitions livelihoodLDC icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: sameldc
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: sameadso
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: livelihood
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: sameldc'
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Sentence examples
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发生(fā shēng) to occur
旱灾(hàn zāi) (n) drought
的时候( de shí hòu) when
农民(nóng mín) farmer
很难(hěnnán)
维持(wéi chí) to keep
生计(shēng jì) livelihood

During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.

虽然(suī rán) even if
我被(wǒbèi)
公司(gōng sī) firm
解雇(jiě gù) to fire
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
但是(dàn shì) but
我还有(wǒháiyǒu)
(diǎn) to hint
存款(cún kuǎn) to save money in a bank
所以(suǒ yǐ) as a result
目前(mù qián) currently
不用(bù yòng) need not
担心(dān xīn) uneasy
生计(shēng jì) livelihood
问题(wèn tí) issue

I got fired from the company, but since I have a little money saved up, for the time being, I won't have trouble with living expenses.

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