苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōushēng

gǒu qiě tōushēng set phrase to drift and live without purpose; to drag out an ignoble existence
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Notes: (CC-CEDICT '苟且偷生')

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 2: Why We should Live 卷二　為何而活 為何而活 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 3 - A Magnanimous Life 《人間萬事3－豁達的人生》 — count: 1
• Volume 1: Encouraging Spiritual Practice through Meditation 第一冊 勵志修行證悟 Humble Table, Wise Fare 《佛光菜根譚》 — count: 1
• Scroll 2: Places - Smaller and Smaller 卷二 處眾 大與小 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 9 - The Significance of Sticking out your Chest 《星雲法語9－挺胸的意味》 — count: 1
• The Thirty Years of Human Life 人生三十歲 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 3 - A Moment, A Lifetime 《迷悟之間(三)無常的真理》 — count: 1
• Chapter 2: Stages of Life 卷二　生命的層次 ■生命四層次 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 11 - Life's Possessions 《人間萬事11－生命的擁有》 — count: 1
• Hope and Encouragement: A Prayer for those who Like to Fight 勉勵‧期許 為好戰好鬥者祈願文 Pearls of Wisdom: Prayers for Engaged Living 《佛光菜根譚》 — count: 1
• My Appraisal of Contemporary Characters 我對當代人物的評議 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 4 - Social Affinities 2 《百年佛緣4－社緣篇2》 — count: 1
• Scroll 3: The Gate of Happiness - Shameful People 卷三 幸福之門 何者為恥 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 10 - The Human World is Filled with Joy 《星雲法語10－歡喜滿人間》 — count: 1
• Chapter 2: How to Survive 卷二　怎樣活下去 ■活不下去 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 10 - How to Survive 《人間萬事10－怎樣活下去》 — count: 1
• How to be a Buddha's Light Member - Lecture 9 怎樣做個佛光人 佛光人第九講 Humanistic Buddhism Series 1 - Fo Guang and the Buddhist Community 《人間佛教系列1－佛光與教團》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 不愿苟且偷生 (不願苟且偷生) 也不願苟且偷生 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 9 - The Significance of Sticking out your Chest 《星雲法語9－挺胸的意味》, Scroll 2: Places - Smaller and Smaller 卷二 處眾 大與小 — count: 2