kiếm sống
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Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To earn one's living; to make a living: The primary meaning refers to the act of working or engaging in activities to obtain the money or resources necessary to support one's life and basic needs.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Anh ấy phải làm nhiều việc để kiếm sống. (He has to do many jobs to earn a living.)
- Cô ấy kiếm sống bằng nghề viết văn tự do. (She makes a living as a freelance writer.)
- Sau khi mất việc, ông ấy gặp khó khăn trong việc kiếm sống. (After losing his job, he faced difficulties in earning a living.)
Advanced Usage
- "Kiếm sống qua ngày": To scrape by; to barely earn enough to get by day by day.
- Công việc bấp bênh chỉ giúp họ kiếm sống qua ngày. (The unstable job only allows them to scrape by.)
- "Kiếm sống lương thiện": To earn an honest living.
- Dù nghèo nhưng anh ấy vẫn kiếm sống lương thiện. (Although poor, he still earns an honest living.)
Variants and Related Words
- Kiếm tiền (verb phrase): To earn money. (Note: This focuses specifically on acquiring money, while "kiếm sống" implies securing the necessities for life.)
- Mưu sinh (verb): To make a living; to seek a livelihood. (This is a more formal or literary synonym.)
- Sinh sống (verb): To live; to reside and make a living. (This combines the ideas of living and sustaining oneself.)
Synonyms
- Làm ăn: To do business; to work for a living.
- Mưu sinh: To seek a livelihood. (As above, more formal.)
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(Note: As a verb phrase itself, "kiếm sống" does not combine with other particles to form distinct phrasal verbs in the same way single-word verbs do. Its meaning is contained within the phrase.)
Related Idioms
- "Đầu tắt mặt tối kiếm sống": To work extremely hard from dawn till dusk to make a living; to be constantly busy earning a living.
- Người nông dân đầu tắt mặt tối kiếm sống trên mảnh ruộng. (The farmer works from dawn till dusk to make a living on his field.)
- "Kiếm sống bằng mồ hôi nước mắt": To earn a living by the sweat of one's brow; to make a living through very hard, laborious work.
- Họ kiếm sống bằng mồ hôi nước mắt của chính mình. (They earn their living by the sweat of their brow.)
- Earn one's living