衣食住行

yī shí zhù xíng

HSK level: HSK 6

Meaning

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

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Characters

衣yīcloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat亠食shífood; to eat人良住zhùto reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop亻主行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional彳亍

Examples

孩子们的衣食住行靠的是他们的父母。

hái zi men de yī shí zhù xíng kào de shì tā men de fù mǔ。

Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.