自食其力 Save Sign in to save words zìshíqílì ㄗˋ ㄕˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) fig. to stand on one's own feet to earn one's own living Character by character 自(zì)self 食(shí)eat 其(qí)his 力(lì)surname Li A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0