粵

衣ji1食sik6無mou4憂jau1

simp衣食无忧
ji1 sik6 mou4 jau1yī shí wú yōu

English

  1. not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom)
  2. to be provided with the basic necessities
  3. to be comfortably well-off; to have no worry about food and clothing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 物質豐盛,唔使為日常生活所需煩惱

Examples

  • 如果我中了彩劵,就一輩子衣食無憂了。

    If I win the lottery, I'll be able to live high on the hog.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 如果可以投胎轉世的話,我想做有錢人家的兒子,一輩子衣食無憂。

    If I could be reborn, I would want to be the child of a rich family, then I'd be set for life.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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