衣食
English
- clothes and food
- clothes and food; metaphor for quality of life
- not being wasteful on food
粵語 — Cantonese
- 衣食住行入面嘅衣食,指衣服同飲食,借指生活水平
- 配合「有」或「冇」嚟用,前者指善用生活飲食同穿著嘅資源,唔浪費,後者就相反
Examples
衣食住是生存的基础。
Food, clothing and shelter are the foundations of survival.
Tatoeba · hsuan07 CC BY
我可以给我的家庭提供衣食。
I can provide my family with food and clothing.
Tatoeba · notabene CC BY
孩子们的衣食住行靠的是他们的父母。
Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.
Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY
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
粮仓充实了,百姓才会懂得礼仪规矩;衣食丰足了,人们才会知晓荣辱羞耻。
When the granaries are full, people observe rules of decorum; when food and clothing are sufficient, people understand honor and disgrace.
Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY
冇衣食
to be wasteful on food
衣食豐足
(in a state of) abundance ----
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk