谋 生

móushēng

“To seek one's livelihood” in Chinese is 谋生 (móushēng).

Meaning

to seek one's livelihood
to work to support oneself
to earn a living

Example

他怎么在这样的贫困中谋生？

How did he make his living in such poverty?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

móuHSK 611 strokesto plan shēngHSK 15 strokesto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born

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