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养家糊口

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4-character word Traditional 養家糊口

What 养家糊口 means

1. idiomto provide for one's family

The characters in 养家糊口

• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 家jiāused in 家伙
• 糊hūto smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…

Example sentences

• 我努力工作养家糊口。
  Wǒ nǔlì gōngzuò yǎngjiāhúkǒu.
  I worked hard in order to support my family.
• 失业者渴望工作——任何有助于养家糊口的工作都可以。
  The jobless became desperate for work – any work that would help them to support their families.
• 失业者渴望工作，所以任何有助于养家糊口的工作都可以。
  Shīyèzhě kěwàng gōngzuò, suǒyǐ rènhé yǒuzhùyú yǎngjiāhúkǒu de gōngzuò dōu kěyǐ.
  The jobless became desperate for work – any work that would help them to support their families.