自食其力
zì​shí​qí​lì

to earn one's own living

  • created sense approved 自食其力 · zì​shí​qí​lì · to earn one's own living — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    自食其力

    zì​shí​qí​lì

    to earn one's own living

    to earn one's own living; to stand on one's own feet or be self-sufficient by relying on one's own labor

    自 (literal) → 自 · zì · self 食 (literal) → 食 · shí · to eat 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 力 (literal) → 力 · lì · strength

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

    created sense