养家活口 yǎng jiā huó kǒu

to support one's family (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to support one's family (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
养 yǎng HSK 4
to bring up (children); to raise (animals); to keep (pets)
家 jiā HSK 1
home; family; classifier for families or businesses
活 huó HSK 4
to live; alive; living
口 kǒu HSK 3
mouth