安身立命 meaning in English
(指生活和精神有所依托) one's life has the whereabouts and one's spirit has its entrustment; settle down and get on with one's pursuit; live in peace; establish in a locality; make a place one's refuge; nestle oneself in a place for (a) living; rest one's body and set up one's name; save one's life and live in peace; settle down to a quiet life
Examples
- Where are our social graces
母语是安身立命的助缘 - They are the principles in which my father believed and by which he governed his life
它们是我父亲坚决相信并藉以安身立命的原则。 - Language , spoken and written , is the most fundamental of all cultural abilites
母语是安身立命的助缘文化能力的基本工夫是语言文字。 - The real value of life only exists in the transcendence of life between sadness and happiness
人生的真正安身立命之处，只能在哀乐相生的情怀中。 - We must bear in mind that language , spoken and written , is more than a useful tool
我们必须牢记口语文字不只是工具,而且也是我们安身立命深层文化认同的助缘。