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苟且偷生
gǒu qiě tōu shēng
What 苟且偷生 means
- to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
The characters in 苟且偷生
- 苟gǒu(literary) if indeed; (bound form) careless; negligent; (bound form) temporarily
- 且qiěand; moreover; yet
- 偷tōuto steal; to pilfer; to snatch
- 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
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