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  1. (idiom) to provide for one's family

Characters

  • 养 (養): to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
  • 家 (傢): used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
  • 糊 (䊀): variant of 糊[hu2]
  • 口 (口): mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Resources

Examples

我努力工作养家糊口。

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