I worked hard in order to support my family.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
养家糊口
(idiom) to provide for one's family
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) to provide for one's family
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 养家糊口 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 养家糊口 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom needs to find a job so he can support his family.
The jobless became desperate for work – any work that would help them to support their families.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 养家糊口.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 养家糊口.
Directly before
- 工作养家糊口2
- 於养家糊口1
Directly after
- 养家糊口的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 养家糊口
What does 养家糊口 mean in Chinese?
养家糊口 (yǎngjiāhúkǒu) means (idiom) to provide for one's family.
How do you pronounce 养家糊口?
养家糊口 is pronounced yǎngjiāhúkǒu.
Is 养家糊口 an HSK word?
养家糊口 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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