谋生
móu shēng
Pinyin

Definition

谋生
 - 
móu shēng
  1. to seek one's livelihood
  2. to work to support oneself
  3. to earn a living

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
nu:3 shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
shēng
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to give birth
  3. 3 life
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 raw
  6. 6 uncooked
  7. 7 student
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
fā shēng
  1. 1 to happen
  2. 2 to occur
  3. 3 to take place
  4. 4 to break out
yī shēng
  1. 1 all one's life
  2. 2 throughout one's life
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
jīn shēng
  1. 1 this life
lái shēng
  1. 1 next life
zài shēng
  1. 1 to be reborn
  2. 2 to regenerate
  3. 3 to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person)
  4. 4 recycling
  5. 5 regeneration
chū shēng
  1. 1 to be born
dà xué shēng
  1. 1 university student
  2. 2 college student
tiān shēng
  1. 1 nature
  2. 2 disposition
  3. 3 innate
  4. 4 natural
xué sheng huì
  1. 1 student union
xué sheng zhèng
  1. 1 student identity card

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
了无生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù
  1. 1 to lose all interest in life (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
  1. 1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi
  1. 1 life has its ups and downs (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
  1. 1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
  2. 2 brave
  3. 3 willing to risk life and limb
刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
劫后余生
jié hòu yú shēng
  1. 1 after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我想那时候更疯狂。 各色人物都来上海滩谋生 。洋人在租界大兴土木,马路上黄包车、电车四处冲,黑帮流氓到处厮杀。 你想想那场面!
wǒ xiǎng nà shíhou gèng fēngkuáng 。 gèsè rénwù dōu lái Shànghǎi tān móushēng 。yángrén zài zūjiè dàxīngtǔmù ,mǎlù shàng huángbāochē 、diànchē sìchù chōng ,hēibāng liúmáng dàochù sīshā 。 nǐ xiǎng xiang nà chǎngmiàn !
I think it was even crazier back then. All kinds of characters came to seek their fortune in Shanghai. Foreigners built all kinds of stuff in the Concessions, and there were rickshaws on the roads, and streetcars rushing all over the place. Underworld thugs were killing people right and left. Imagine that!
近几年来,父亲和我都是东奔西走,家中光景是一日不如一日。他少年出外谋生,独力支持,做了许多大事。哪知老境却如此颓唐!他触目伤怀,自然情不能自已。情郁于中,自然要发之于外;家庭琐屑便往往触他之怒。他待我渐渐不同往日。但最近两年的不见,他终于忘却我的不好,只是惦记着我,惦记着我的儿子。
jìnjǐniánlái ,fùqin hé wǒ dōu shì dōng bēn xī zǒu ,jiāzhōng guāngjǐng shì yīrì bùrú yīrì 。tā shàonián chūwài móushēng ,dúlì zhīchí ,zuò le xǔduō dàshì 。nǎ zhī lǎojìng què rúcǐ tuítáng !tā chùmù shānghuái ,zìrán qíng bùnéng zìyǐ 。qíng yù yú zhōng ,zìrán yào fā zhī yú wài ;jiātíng suǒxiè biàn wǎngwǎng chù tā zhī nù 。tā dài wǒ jiànjiàn bùtóng wǎngrì 。dàn zuìjìn liǎng nián de bùjiàn ,tā zhōngyú wàngquè wǒ de bù hǎo ,zhǐshì diànji zhe wǒ ,diànji zhe wǒ de érzi 。
In the recent year, both father and I have been very busy with work in separate parts of the country. The family finances continue to deteriorate day by day. When he was young, he left home to make a living. He had achieved so many great things all by himself. Who would have imagined his older years to be so disheartening. It is no surprise that as he looks back on his life and feels sad and dispirited. These circumstances made him very temperamental and every trivial matter at home made him angry. He started to treat me differently than he did before. After these recent two years of separation, however, he finally forgot about my failing and started to showing interest and tenderness to my son and I.
这也无可厚非。他们花的是自己赚来的钱。这些年机会好,政策好,谁赶上谁发财。我有个亲戚,下岗那会儿别提多沮丧了。后来自己开了个小饭店谋生。没想到生意特火爆,就这样一步步做到连锁餐饮。现在资产都过千万了。
zhè yě wúkěhòufēi 。tā men huā de shì zìjǐ zhuàn lái de qián 。zhèxiē nián jīhuì hǎo ,zhèngcè hǎo ,shéi gǎnshàng shéi fācái 。wǒ yǒu ge qīnqi ,xiàgǎng nà huìr5 biétí duō jǔsàng le 。hòulái zìjǐ kāi le ge xiǎo fàndiàn móushēng 。méixiǎngdào shēngyi tè huǒbào ,jiù zhèyàng yībùbù zuò dào liánsuǒ cānyǐn 。xiànzài zīchǎn dōu guò qiānwàn le 。