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kiếm sống

Listen
to make a living
Verb
to make a living
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
make a living Occupations & WorkplaceTheme

To earn the money that is necessary to pay for food, housing, and essentials.

vi Anh ấy đi khắp nơi để kiếm sống.

en He travels everywhere to make a living.

Parts
kiếm / sống / A compound of kiếm + sống …
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Components

Components

kiếm sống

OriginA compound of kiếm + sống

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
劍𠸙
Candidates by syllable
kiếm 劍 sống 𠸙（𤯨 / 𤯩 / 𦡠 / 𧚠）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
ăn bám / dựa dẫm / kiếm / kiếm khách …
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Easily confused

Opposite meaning
Starts with this word

kiếm/kiếm khách/kiếm chuyện/kiếm cung/kiếm lời/kiếm cớ/kiếm củi

Ends with this word

sự sống/thiêu sống/nuốt sống/lẽ sống/ăn sống/chung sống/bắt sống

Use
kiếm tìm / tìm kiếm / hoàn kiếm / bảo kiếm …
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kiếm (seek) — words using
sống (live) — words using
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