created sense approved 聊以卒岁/聊以卒歲 · liáoyǐzúsuì · to scrape by for the year — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
聊以卒岁 / 聊以卒歲
liáoyǐzúsuì
to scrape by for the year
To just barely manage to tide over the year; describes living in hardship or scraping by.
聊 (literal) → 聊 · liáo · slightly 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · in order to 卒 (literal) → 卒 · zú · to finish 岁 (literal) → 岁/歲 · suì · year
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created sense approved 聊以卒岁/聊以卒歲 · liáoyǐzúsuì · to live a leisurely life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
聊以卒岁 / 聊以卒歲
liáoyǐzúsuì
to live a leisurely life
To pass one's time in a carefree and leisurely manner; often used to describe living contentedly in seclusion or retirement.
聊 (literal) → 聊 · liáo · temporarily 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · in order to 卒 (literal) → 卒 · zú · to finish 岁 (literal) → 岁/歲 · suì · year
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition