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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

为生 [wéishēng]
  1. 1. verb make a living

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

为生 [wéishēng]
  1. 1. make a living
    以狩猎为生
    make a living as a hunter

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

为生 [wéishēng]
  1. 1. 为生活来源
    种田为生

Examples

原始部落靠渔猎采集为生
Primitive tribes lived by fishing, hunting and gathering.
李大娘在解放前一直是靠帮佣为生的。
Aunt Li made a living as a domestic servant before liberation.
他家是船户,以打鱼为生
He lives on a boat and makes his living by fishing.
附近的船民都是世居此地,祖祖辈辈以打鱼为生
All the neighboring boatmen have lived here and made a living by fishing for generations.
他以此道为生,倒也清闲。
He makes a living this way, which is pretty idle.
他们哥几个都是靠打把式卖艺为生
The brothers all live by practicing martial arts.
他这一辈子,就靠打柴为生
He has lived his whole life by gathering firewood.
他们家世代靠耕田为生
They have made a living by working on the farm for generations.
他靠卖胡麻为生,日子过得很清苦。
Living on selling benne, he led a hard and poor life.

Word Decomposition


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