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过活
  • [guòhuó]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

过活 [guòhuó]
  1. 1. verb To live; to make a living; get along
    他靠给人打短工过活
    H amide his living doing odd jobs.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

过活 [guòhuó]
  1. 1. 生活;过日子。

Examples

他靠骗取钱财过活 骗取
两口子只能靠做点小买卖过活
他依傍祖宗的遗产过活 依傍
城里断粮了,看来我们得勒紧裤带过活了。
他靠给人打短工过活
H amide his living doing odd jobs. 过活
爷爷出身贫农,解放前曾给地主干过活 贫农
to live on fruits and nuts
靠吃水果和坚果过活 live
For several years he lived on loans.
几年来,他全靠贷款过活 live
to survive on £80 a week
每周靠80英镑过活 survive

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