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自食其力 (zi6 sik6 kei4 lik6) — earn one's own living; feed oneself by one’s own effort in Cantonese

ziˍ₆自sikˍ₆食keiˎ₄其likˍ₆力
Mandarin Pinyin: zi4 shi2 qi2 li4

Meaning of 自食其力

nounearn one's own living; feed oneself by one’s own effort

Characters in 自食其力

自zi6
natural; naturally; a Chinese family name
食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking
其kei4
used as rhetorical word to form a four-character expression
力lik6
KangXi radical 19

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