endure; suffer; put up with

delay; stall; put off

drag out; struggle to pull through

take turns doing sth; do sth one by one

lean against; close to; next to

(Cantonese)/lean towards/to bear or endure

go hungry; be starved; suffer from hunger; go without food

working day and night

work in tough conditions for day and night

endure hard living; struggle hard for a living

endure the world

歎世界

(slang) to endure difficulties in life for living and surviving; to persevere through a hard working life

starve

to endure hunger

go to bed late and get up early

stay up all night

(verb) to stay up late working; ) to work overtime; to work all day and night

to rack one's brain for nothing; all for naught

leaning against sb or sth

evening; dusk | Std. Chin.: 傍晚

evening

the backrest of a chair

chairs' backrest

hard-work; work like a slave; laboring for a living

working slavishly

to be a scapegoat (from the 夾棍 (squeezing) form of execution)

receiving attacks from both sides

stay up late/all night; burn the midnight oil

(verb) to stay up late; to stay up all night; to burn the midnight oil

approaching lunar new year's eve; end of the year

close to end of (lunar) year

one after another; in turn; one by one

get close to, be near to | [粵]: 挨埋

dawdle; stall; procrastinate

leaning against

get close to, be near to | [普]: 挨近

to lean on, against; the backrest of a chair

the back of a chair

to stay up all night

being a vegetarian; only surviving on vegetables

to survive on one's saving