[ zìshíqílì ] support oneself; earn one's own living; earn one's salt; live by the sweat of one's brow; live on one's hump [toil]; live on [by] one's own toil [labor]; live on the earnings of one's own work; self-supporting; support oneself by one's own labor
She proposed to earn her living honestly . 她打算要光明磊落自食其力。
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It is time you stood on your own two feet . 是你自食其力的时候了。
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I ached to be of an age to take care of myself . 我巴望能到自食其力的年龄。
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They live respectably from hand to mouth . 他们过着可尊敬的，自食其力的生活。
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I've paid my own way . 我能够自食其力。
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The boy has reached an adult age and ought to be earning his own living . 这孩子已经（到了）成年，应该自食其力了。
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He wasn't going to overdo it, but those two boys were going to earn their salt . 他不想做得太过分，可是这两个男孩以后得自食其力。
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The place of our retreat was in a little neighbourhood consisting of farmers, who tilled their own grounds . 我们退隐的地方，邻近都是自食其力的种田人家。
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He represented himself as a hard-working, self-made small businessman victimized by mindless, bullying bureaucracy . 他把自己说成是一个勤勤恳恳、自食其力的小商人，深受冷酷无情、扶强欺弱的官僚机构所害。
