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衣食住行

yī shí zhù xíng
HSK 3.0 Level 6 Rare

Definitions

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

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Word relationships

Related words

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民生
mín shēng

people's livelihood

basic needs of the people, including clothing, food, housing and transport

Usage notes

Collocations

Often used with 基本 (jīběn, basic) to emphasize fundamental necessities, e.g., 基本的衣食住行.

Common mistakes

Do not split or reorder the four characters; the fixed phrase 衣食住行 (clothing, food, housing, transport) is an idiom and must be kept intact.

Example Sentences

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他一个人在城市里解决 衣食住行 的问题。
He manages the problems of clothing, food, housing, and transportation alone in the city.

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Child Words of 衣食住行

行
háng

row

行
xíng

to walk

衣
yī

clothes

衣
yì

to dress

衣食
yī shí

clothes and food

食
shí

to eat

食
sì

to feed (a person or animal)

住
zhù

to live