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衣食住行 (yī shí zhù xíng) – clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom)

yī shí zhù xíng

clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-90 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs

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Related words

住

zhù

to live

行

háng

row

衣服

yī fu

clothes

举行

jǔ xíng

to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

银行

yín háng

bank

进行

jìn xíng

to advance

流行

liú xíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

食品

shí pǐn

foodstuff

粮食

liáng shi

foodstuff

零食

líng shí

between-meal nibbles

实行

shí xíng

to implement

食物

shí wù

food

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