yi1
shi2
zhu4
xing2
  1. clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs

Characters

  • 衣 (衣): clothes; CL:件[jian4]; Kangxi radical 145
  • 食 (食): to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse
  • 住 (住): to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
  • 行 (行): row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column

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Examples

孩子们的衣食住行靠的是他们的父母。

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