| 衣食住行 |
yī shí zhù xíng |
(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom) / (fig.) people's basic needs |
| 衣 |
yī |
clothes / CL:件 / Kangxi radical 145 |
| 衣 |
yì |
to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes) |
| 衣食 |
yī shí |
clothes and food |
| 食 |
shí |
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse |
| 食 |
sì |
to feed (a person or animal) |
| 住 |
zhù |
to live; to reside; to stay / to stop; to cease / (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) |
| 行 |
háng |
(bound form) row; line / (bound form) line of business; trade; profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row; (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines |
| 行 |
héng |
used in 道行 |
| 行 |
xíng |
(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel / (literary) trip; journey; visit / (bound form) temporary; makeshift / (bound form) current; in circulation / (bound form) to do; to perform / capable; competent / all right; OK!; will do / behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]) / (literary) about to; soon |