Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

自食其力

zìshíqílì

ㄗˋ ㄕˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ

  1. 1lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to stand on one's own feet
  3. 3to earn one's own living

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