自食其力的 meaning in English
independent
Examples
- 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。 - The place of our retreat was in a little neighbourhood consisting of farmers, who tilled their own grounds .
我们退隐的地方，邻近都是自食其力的种田人家。 - He represented himself as a hard-working, self-made small businessman victimized by mindless, bullying bureaucracy .
他把自己说成是一个勤勤恳恳、自食其力的小商人，深受冷酷无情、扶强欺弱的官僚机构所害。