挣饭吃 meaning in English
earn a living
Examples
- He has no regard for those who must work .
他完全不体谅我们这些靠干活儿挣饭吃的人。 - The rest of them do earn their bread - you live on my charity
人家都能挣饭吃你就只靠我！ - I be not mangled , and i be not bleeding , and i have two hands to feed and clothe me
我没有缺胳膊少腿，没有流血，我还有两只手挣衣服穿，挣饭吃呀。 ” - At first he lived up above entirely , reading a good deal , and strumming upon an old harp which he had bought at a sale , saying when in a bitter humour that he might have to get his living by it in the streets some day
起初他完全住在楼上，读了大量的书，弹一弹廉价买来的一架旧竖琴，在他感到心情苦恼无奈的时候，就说有一天他要在街上弹琴挣饭吃。