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維持生活

简 维持生活 · 繁 維持生活
Mandarin · pinyin wéi chí shēng huó

Meanings

  1. to subsist
  2. to eke out a living
  3. to keep body and soul together
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維
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持
chí · sustain, support; hold, grasp
生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
活
huó · live, exist, survive; lively
维
wéi · maintain, preserve, safeguard
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2–2–1–2 · wei2 chi2 sheng1 huo2

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wai4 ci4 sang1 wut6

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verb

  1. to make a living
  2. to subsist

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維持生活 · wei2 chi2 sheng1 huo2
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Exact source record維持生活 维持生活 [wei2 chi2 sheng1 huo2] /to subsist/to eke out a living/to keep body and soul together/