讨生活 Chinese English dictionary 讨生活 translate 讨生活 pinyin

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讨生活

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
讨生活 tǎoshēnghuó	讨生活 \| 讨生活* \| *讨生活	to eke out a living / to live from hand to mouth / to drift aimlessly	討生活

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
讨	讨 \| 讨* \| *讨	5画讠 + 3	tǎo	to discuss; ask for, beg; demand; dun; marry	tou2	討 3470 IVDI


生	生 \| 生* \| *生	5画生 + 0	shēng	life, living, lifetime; birth	sang1	2510.0 HQM


活	活 \| 活* \| *活	9画水氵氺 + 6	huó, guō	live, exist, survive; lively	wut6	3216.4 EHJR

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
讨生活 tǎoshēnghuó	讨生活 \| 讨生活* \| *讨生活	to eke out a living / to live from hand to mouth / to drift aimlessly


讨 tǎo	讨 \| 讨* \| *讨	to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study


生　shēng	生 \| 生* \| *生	to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)


生活　shēnghuó	生活 \| 生活* \| *生活	to live / life / livelihood


活　　huó	活 \| 活* \| *活	to live / alive / living / work / workmanship