養家糊口

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Chinese

to support one's family to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty; to eke out a livelihood
trad. (養家糊口) 養家 糊口
simp. (养家糊口) 养家 糊口

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Idiom

養家糊口

  1. to support one's family (often with the meaning of to barely manage to do so with one's meagre income)