"make ends meet" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 勉強維持生計

Definition

指剛好有足夠的錢支付基本生活開支，常用於形容經濟困難的情況。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是非正式用語，經常用於表達經濟困難。否定用法很普遍，如「無法維持生計」。常指每月開支和生活負擔。

Examples

It's hard for many families to make ends meet.

許多家庭很難**勉強維持生計**。

After losing his job, he struggled to make ends meet.

失去工作後，他很難**勉強維持生計**。

She works two jobs to make ends meet.

她做兩份工作來**勉強維持生計**。

We have to budget carefully if we want to make ends meet this month.

如果我們這個月想**維持生計**，必須精打細算。

Even with a good salary, city life makes it tough to make ends meet.

即使有不錯的薪水，城市生活還是很難**維持生計**。

When prices keep going up, it gets harder and harder to make ends meet.

物價一直上漲，**勉強維持生計**越來越難。