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衣食住行
Mandarin · pinyin yī shí zhù xíng
Meanings
- (lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom)
- (fig.) people's basic needs
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1–2–4–2 · yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ji1 sik6 zyu6 hang4
Cantonese word readings for 衣食住行. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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ji1 sik6 zyu6 hang4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) food, clothing, housing and transportation; basic necessities of life
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