liáo​shēng

to make a living

  • created reference approved 聊生 → 民不聊生 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聊生 liáo​shēng

    民不聊生 mín​bù​liáo​shēng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 聊生 · liáo​shēng · to make a living — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聊生

    liáo​shēng

    to make a living

    (literary) to have something to depend on for survival; usually used in the negative to describe extreme hardship or destitution

    聊, 生

    聊 (literal) → 聊 · liáo · to rely on 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to live

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense