苟活
gǒu​huó

to drag out an ignoble existence

  • created reference approved 苟活 → 苟且偷生 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苟活 gǒu​huó

    苟且偷生 gǒu​qiě​tōu​shēng

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 苟活 · gǒu​huó · to drag out an ignoble existence — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苟活

    gǒu​huó

    to drag out an ignoble existence

    to live without dignity; to barely sustain oneself; to survive just for the sake of surviving

    苟 (literal) → 苟 · gǒu · temporarily 活 (literal) → 活 · huó · to live

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

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