维持生活

Traditional: 維持生活

wéi chí shēng huó

Dictionary entry

to subsist

What does 维持生活 mean?

维持生活 (wéi chí shēng huó) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to subsist

2to eke out a living

3to keep body and soul together

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维Wéiabbr. for Uyghur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3] · surname Wei 持chíto hold · to grasp 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 活huóto live · alive

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维持生活

wéi chí shēng huó

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