provide for oneself
Self sufficiency, a Chinese idiom, pronounced Z ì J ǐ Z ì Z ú, means to rely on their own production to meet their own needs. It comes from the biography of Bukai in the annals of the Three Kingdoms.
Idiom explanation
(1) Someone or something can maintain itself without outside help.
(2) A country's economy can sustain itself.
(3) Meet your own needs with your own strength.
Give: give. Foot: satisfied.
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, object and attribute
Examples
Under the leadership of the party and the government, the people launched a large-scale production movement. Chapter 9 of Feng Deying's bitter cauliflower.
Chinese PinYin : zì jǐ zì zú
provide for oneself
To ask for help from east to West. dōng tǎo xī zhēng
severity in speech and fairness in principle -- as the utterance of an upright person. cí yán qì zhèng
writings are for conveying truth. wén yǐ zài dào