衣食住行
yī shí zhù xíng
HSK 3.0 Level 6
Rare
Definitions
- 1. clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs
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Word relationships
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
1 shown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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