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养家糊口 meaning in English

yǎngjiāhúkǒu

(idiom) to provide for one's family

Traditional 養家糊口37 strokes

Meaning of 养家糊口

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yǎngjiāhúkǒu
  1. (idiom) to provide for one's family

养家糊口 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ需xū要yào找zhǎo工gōng作zuò养yǎng家jiā糊hú口kǒu。
Tom needs to find a job so he can support his family.
我wǒ努nǔ力lì工gōng作zuò养yǎng家jiā糊hú口kǒu。
I worked hard in order to support my family.
失shī业yè者zhě渴kě望wàng工gōng作zuò——任rèn何hé有yǒu助zhù于yú养yǎng家jiā糊hú口kǒu的de工gōng作zuò都dōu可kě以yǐ。
The jobless became desperate for work – any work that would help them to support their families.

Stroke order for each character

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养 yǎng · to raise · 9 strokes

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家 jiā · home · 10 strokes

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糊 hú · to paste · 15 strokes

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口 kǒu · mouth · 3 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 养家糊口.

回家huí jiāto return home
国家guójiācountry; nation; state
家里jiā lihome
家人jiārénfamily member; (old) servant
在家zàijiāto be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差
门口ménkǒudoorway; gate
路口lùkǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
家庭jiātíngfamily; household
作家zuòjiāauthor
出口chūkǒuan exit; to speak
科学家kēxuéjiāscientist

Questions about 养家糊口

What does 养家糊口 mean?

养家糊口 (yǎngjiāhúkǒu) means "(idiom) to provide for one's family".

How do you write 养家糊口?

养家糊口 is made of 4 characters: 养 (9 strokes), 家 (10 strokes), 糊 (15 strokes), 口 (3 strokes). That is 37 strokes in total.

How is 养家糊口 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 养家糊口 is written 養家糊口.