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自食其力 (zi6 sik6 kei4 lik6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

自食其力 (zi6 sik6 kei4 lik6, zì shí qí lì) — 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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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 自不然 (zi6 bat1 jin4) — will (spoken)
• 自作孽 (zi6 zok3 jit6) — to have only oneself to blame; to sow the seeds of one's own ruin; to bring dis…
• 自供 (zi6 gung1) — Confess
• 自便 (zi6 bin6) — do as one pleases; at one's convenience
• 自動步槍 (zi6 dung6 bou6 coeng1) — Automatic Rifle
• 自動波 (zi6 dung6 bo1) — automatic transmission

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