养家 meaning in English
support sb./a family
to maintain a family
Examples
- The eldest son is the family 's only provider .
那长子是唯一挣钱养家的人。 - How can i keep a family on such a miserable wage ?
我怎么能靠这么可怜的工资养家？ - The problem was i had so few clients that i could hardly support my family .
问题是我的客户太少，我几乎无法养家。 - I suppose that , in justification , he could always claim he had a family to support .
我想他反正会以养家为理由来进行辩解。 - Poor fellow , he was only twenty-two and to be burdened with a family !
可怜的人哪，他才只有二十二岁竟要担起养家的重担！