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(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom) · (fig.) people's basic needs

衣食住行
yī shí zhù xíng
IdiomHSK 7-9
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Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.
孩子们的衣食住行靠的是他们的父母。
Synonyms
Synonyms
clothes and food衣食yī shíto live · life · livelihood生活shēng huó(lit.) to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) · (fig.) the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)生老病死shēng lǎo bìng sǐ(lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom) · (fig.) food and clothing; daily necessities布帛菽粟bù bó shū sù