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自食其力		Traditional Chinese
自食其力
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
zì shí qí lì		Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
ji6 sik6 kei4 lik6
Short definition self-sufficiency
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)MDBG icon / to live by one's own labor (idiom)Cantofish icon / fig. to stand on one's own feetMDBG icon / self-sufficiencyAdso icon / to earn one's own livingMDBG icon / working for a livingCantofish icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: self-sufficiency
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: to live by one's own labor (idiom); working for a living
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom); fig. to stand on one's own feet; to earn one's own living
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