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自食其力
zì shí qí lì
What 自食其力 means
- lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)
- fig. to stand on one's own feet
- to earn one's own living
The characters in 自食其力
- 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 食shíto eat; food; animal feed
- 其qíhis; her; its
- 力lìpower; force; strength
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