自 自
食 食
其 其
力 力
- lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)
- fig. to stand on one's own feet
- to earn one's own living
Examples
你年纪够大了，应该可以自食其力了。
Info
- Wiktionary: 自食其力
- MDBG: 自食其力
- Examples with 自食其力 on Tatoeba
- Percentile: 23 (higher is more common)
- Tags: chengyu