自食其力

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	power; force; strength
trad. (自食其力)		自	食	其	力
simp. #(自食其力)		自	食	其	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìshíqílì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄕˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ sik⁶ kei⁴ lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìshíqílì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄕˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhshíhcílì
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-shih²-chʻi²-li⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-shŕ-chí-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhshyrchyilih
    • Palladius: цзышицили (czyšicili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ sik⁶ kei⁴ lik⁶
    • Yale: jih sihk kèih lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ sik⁹ kei⁴ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ xig⁶ kéi⁴ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² sɪk̚² kʰei̯²¹ lɪk̚²/

Verb

自食其力

1. to earn one's own living

   • 一方面，資產階級分子已經成為公私合營企業中的管理人員，正處在由剝削者變為自食其力的勞動者的轉變過程中。 [MSC, trad.]
     一方面，资产阶级分子已经成为公私合营企业中的管理人员，正处在由剥削者变为自食其力的劳动者的转变过程中。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yīfāngmiàn, zīchǎn jiējí fènzǐ yǐjīng chéngwéi gōngsī héyíng qǐyè zhōng de guǎnlǐ rényuán, zhèng chǔzài yóu bōxuēzhě biànwéi zìshíqílì de láodòngzhě de zhuǎnbiàn guòchéng zhōng. [Pinyin]

     On the one hand, members of the bourgeoisie have become administrative personnel in joint state-private enterprises and are being transformed from exploiters into working people living by their own labour.