live from hand to mouth
Life, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ú K ǒ UD ù R ì, meaning barely to maintain life, pass the day. It comes from the history of Liang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Liang Shi, a historical review of the Five Dynasties: "but since I was a child, I sat in a study and didn't know much about other life, so I had to make a living by teaching. What can I do for it?"
Idiom usage
As a predicate or attributive; used in spoken English
live from hand to mouth
take advantage of an opportunity that comes one 's way - jiàn jī ér xíng
as superb as if designed by the supernatural - shén shī guǐ shè
Drop your head and plug your ears - chuí tóu sāi ěr