糊口

糊口 kǒu ㄏㄨˊ ㄎㄡˇ wu4 hau2

  • to scrape a meager living
  • to get by with difficulty

糊口餬口 kǒu ㄏㄨˊ ㄎㄡˇ

Stroke order

Practice writing

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Character breakdown

Example sentences

  • 我努力工作养家糊口。 I worked hard in order to support my family.
  • 他仅有够糊口的吃的。 He had barely enough to eat.
  • 这些日子我们勉强糊口。 We lived from hand to mouth in those days.
  • 她过去的生活仅够糊口。 She used to live hand to mouth.
  • 那些無家可歸的人每天過著僅夠糊口的生活。 Those homeless people are living hand-to-mouth.

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