support oneself
Self support, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ì sh í Q í L ì, meaning to live on one's own ability. It comes from the book of rites.
The origin of Idioms
"The book of rites · ritual vessels": "food power is innumerable." Chen Haoji said: "food, self-supporting people."
Idiom usage
He is a poor man, who lives in the fields and works as a professor. He is respected and afraid of doing anything wrong. In Ming Dynasty, Li Changqi wrote the story of Taishan censor.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym self reliance antonym gain without effort
support oneself
look after the masses as if they were injured -- love the people - shì xià rú shāng
inspire awe throughout the country - wēi zhèn tiān xià
know yourself as well as the enemy - zhī bǐ zhī jǐ
Stop the clouds and circle the beams - è yún rào liáng