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English translation for "自食其力"

[ zìshíqílì ] 
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

Related Translations:
自食其力的:  independent
应该自食其力了:  the boy has reached an adult age and ought to be earning his own living
你应当学会自食其力:  you should learn to stand on your own two feet
自食其力的未婚女子:  no.bachelor girl
Example Sentences:
1.She proposed to earn her living honestly .
她打算要光明磊落自食其力
2.It is time you stood on your own two feet .
是你自食其力的时候了。
3.I ached to be of an age to take care of myself .
我巴望能到自食其力的年龄。
4.They live respectably from hand to mouth .
他们过着可尊敬的,自食其力的生活。
5.I've paid my own way .
我能够自食其力
6.The boy has reached an adult age and ought to be earning his own living .
这孩子已经(到了)成年,应该自食其力了。
7.He wasn't going to overdo it, but those two boys were going to earn their salt .
他不想做得太过分,可是这两个男孩以后得自食其力
8.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。
9.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。
Similar Words:
"自食" English translation, "自食恶果" English translation, "自食己肉" English translation, "自食其果" English translation, "自食其果法" English translation, "自食其力, 自立" English translation, "自食其力的" English translation, "自食其力的未婚女子" English translation, "自食其力之独身女子" English translation, "自食其言" English translation