English translation for "卖文为生"

write for a living; depend on one's pen for a living; make a living by one's pen; subsist by the pen 短语和例子
这个作家已背弃了他原来的艺术标准, 现在只是卖文为生。 the writer has sold out his artistic standards and now just writes for a living

Related Translations:

卖文度日:  boil the pot 短语和例子曾经才华一度而如今只是卖文度日的作家 a once-gifted writer who now simply boils the pot

卖文为生者:  wordmonger

孔门卖文:  sell literary articles before the confucians; display one's slight skill before an expert; show off in the presence of an expert; teach one's grandmother to suck eggs

夫子庙前卖文章:  carry water to the river; teach fish to swim

他靠卖文活命:  he found a living in literature

孔夫子门前卖文章:  show off in the presence of an expert; teach fish to swim; teach one's grandmother (how) to suck eggs

曾经才华一度而如今只是卖文度日的作家:  a once gifted writer who now simply boils the pot

为生:  make a living 短语和例子以捕鱼为生 make a living as a fisherman; 无以为生 live on nothing

投稿为生:  be on space

捕鱼为生:  live by fishing

Example Sentences:

	1.	The writer has sold out his artistic standards and now just writes for a living . 这个作家已背弃了他原来的艺术标准，现在只是卖文为生。
	2.	But a reporter s work is all hack from morning till night , is the one paramount thing of life 而记者工作却要从早到晚卖文为生，写稿成了生活里唯一的也是至高无上的工作。

Similar Words：

"卖完；售空；出卖" English translation, "卖完了" English translation, "卖完了（卖光了）" English translation, "卖完为止" English translation, "卖文度日" English translation, "卖文为生者" English translation, "卖吻记" English translation, "卖物之诉" English translation, "卖戏剧节目单的女子。" English translation, "卖现成服装的商店" English translation