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维持生活

wéi chí shēng huódictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to subsist / to eke out a living / to keep body and soul together
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-4280f36366af9838. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

維持生活 维持生活 [wei2 chi2 sheng1 huo2] /to subsist/to eke out a living/to keep body and soul together/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 維持生活

  • 维
    wéi

    to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wéi shēng sù])

    Wéi

    abbr. for Uyghur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wéi wú ěr] / surname Wei

  • 持
    chí

    to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control

  • 生
    shēng

    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[shēng téng]) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài])

  • 活
    huó

    to live / alive / living / work / workmanship

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.