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老太太只能靠社会最低保障金度日。 All she had was social security to live on. | ||
他不得不靠失业救济金勉强度日。 He has to get by on unemployment compensation. | ||
解放前他靠吃野薯度日。 Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes. | ||
她的丈夫失业了，全家靠救济度日。 Her husband is unemployed and the family depends on charity. | ||
现在是我们都必须尽可能节俭度日的时候了。 Now is the time when we must all live as economically as possible. | ||
只有不到一半的叛逃者能勉强度日。 Fewer than half of defectors are "economically active". | ||
当他老得不能干活的时候，只好乞食度日。 When he was too old to work, he had to beg for food to stay alive. | ||
那穿华丽衣服、宴乐度日的人是在王宫里。 No, those who wear expensive clothes and indulge in luxury are in palaces. | ||
你必倚靠刀剑度日，又必事奉你的兄弟； You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. | ||
很久以前，有一个放牛娃名叫牛郎，父母早亡，只好跟着哥哥嫂嫂度日。 Once upon a time, there lived a poor cowherd, Niulang, whose parents had died long before. He had to live together with his elder brother. | ||
