lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom); fig. to stand on one's own feet; to earn one's own living
Characters in this word
4自
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(bound form) self; oneself, from; since, naturally; as a matter of course
- Pinyin
- zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1586 of 2500
食
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to eat, food, animal feed, eclipse
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9712 of 2500
其
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
his, her, its, their, that, such, it (refers to sth preceding it)
- Pinyin
- qí
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1145 of 2500
力
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surname Li
- Pinyin
- Lì
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4891 of 2500