support oneself(zì shí qí lì)

support oneself

Self support, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ì sh í Q í L ì, meaning to live on one's own ability. It comes from the book of rites.

The origin of Idioms

"The book of rites · ritual vessels": "food power is innumerable." Chen Haoji said: "food, self-supporting people."

Idiom usage

He is a poor man, who lives in the fields and works as a professor. He is respected and afraid of doing anything wrong. In Ming Dynasty, Li Changqi wrote the story of Taishan censor.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym self reliance antonym gain without effort

Chinese PinYin : zì shí qí lì