| 维持生活 |
wéi chí shēng huó |
to subsist / to eke out a living / to keep body and soul together |
| 维 |
Wéi |
abbr. for Uyghur 维吾尔 / surname Wei |
| 维 |
wéi |
to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 维生素) |
| 维持 |
wéi chí |
to keep; to maintain; to preserve |
| 持 |
chí |
to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 生活 |
shēng huó |
to live / life / livelihood |
| 活 |
huó |
to live / alive / living / work / workmanship |