自食其力
Traditional form:
自食其力
Pinyin (reading):
zìshíqílì
Definitions:
- lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)
- fig. to stand on one's own feet
- to earn one's own living
Characters:
- 自 - self; private, personal; from
- 食 - food; to eat
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 力 - strength, power; capability, influence
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