自食其力 meaning in English
support oneself; earn one's own living; earn one's salt; live by the sweat of one's brow; live on one's hump [toil]; live on [by] one's own toil [labor]; live on the earnings of one's own work; self-supporting; support oneself by one's own labor
Examples
- She proposed to earn her living honestly .
她打算要光明磊落自食其力。 - It is time you stood on your own two feet .
是你自食其力的时候了。 - I ached to be of an age to take care of myself .
我巴望能到自食其力的年龄。 - They live respectably from hand to mouth .
他们过着可尊敬的，自食其力的生活。 - I've paid my own way .
我能够自食其力。