subsist meaning in Chinese
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1.生存；活下去，维持生命，维持生活 (on; upon)。
2.存在；继续存在；【哲学】(逻辑上、理论上)存在；抽象地存在。
vt.
〔罕用语〕供给…粮食，供养。 We are unable to subsist without air and water. 没有空气和水我们就活不下去。 subsistby begging 靠讨饭维持生活。
Examples
- Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes .
解放前他靠吃野薯度日。 - We are unable to subsist without air and water .
没有空气和水我们就活不下去。 - We are unable to subsist without air and water ..
没有空气和水我们就活不下去。 - This plant subsists in water holes only during the rainy season .
这种植物只有雨季在水坑里出现。 - I was very sorry to tell him that the little i had would not subsist .
我很抱歉地告诉他我所有的一点款子不够维持我们的生活。