自 谋 出 路

zì móu chū lùdictionary entry

(idiom) to take matters into one's own hands / to go it alone / to fend for oneself / to find one's own way forward (esp. to find oneself a job)

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Original source entry:

自謀出路 自谋出路 [zi4 mou2 chu1 lu4] /(idiom) to take matters into one's own hands/to go it alone/to fend for oneself/to find one's own way forward (esp. to find oneself a job)/

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