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自食其力
 
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zì shí qí lì
  • lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)
  • fig. to stand on one's own feet
  • to earn one's own living

自食其力 zì shí qí lì

自食其力
1 凭借自己的力量养活自己。《聊斋志异.卷一一.黄英》:「自食其力不为贪,贩花为业不为俗。」《东周列国志.第八六回》:「又公族五世以上者,令自食其力,比于编氓。」

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