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Definitions
1. to earn a living (esp. with negative)
Components
聊
liáo
–
to chat
生
shēng
–
to be born
Related Words
民不聊生
mín bù liáo shēng
–
The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])