衣食住行

Pinyin: yī-shí-zhù-xíng

(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom)

Example sentence

孩子们的衣食住行靠的是他们的父母。

Háizimen de yīshízhùxíng kào de shì tāmen de fùmǔ.

Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.

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What 衣食住行 means

衣食住行 (yī-shí-zhù-xíng) is a Chinese word meaning “(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom)”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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