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衣食住行 (yī shí zhù xíng): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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衣食住行

衣食住行 (yī shí zhù xíng): Clothing (fixed phrase) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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衣食住行 consists of 4 characters.

clothing, clothes

to live; stay (a number of nights)

Word Info

Pinyinyī shí zhù xíng

Meaningclothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs

Characters4

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 6

Syntaxfixed phrase

Word衣食住行

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Words with 衣

衣服yī fuHSK 1
上衣shàng yīHSK 3
大衣dà yīHSK 3
雨衣yǔ yīHSK 3
洗衣机xǐ yī jīHSK 3
毛衣máo yīHSK 4
内衣nèi yīHSK 6
衣裳yī shangHSK 6

Words with 食

美食měi shíHSK 4
食品shí pǐnHSK 4
食堂shí tángHSK 4
主食zhǔ shíHSK 5
粮食liáng shiHSK 5
零食líng shíHSK 5
食物shí wùHSK 5
食用

Words with 住

住院zhù yuànHSK 3
入住rù zhùHSK 4
住址zhù zhǐHSK 5
住宿zhù sùHSK 5
住房zhù fángHSK 5
忍不住rěn bu zhùHSK 5
住宅zhù zháiHSK 6
居住

Words with 行

不行bù xíngHSK 3
行李xíng liHSK 3
银行yín hángHSK 3
自行车zì xíng chēHSK 3
行李箱xíng li xiāngHSK 3
银行卡yín háng kǎHSK 3
举行jǔ xíngHSK 4

shí yòng

HSK 5

jū zhù

HSK 6

出行

chū xíng

HSK 4

3.

Example Sentences with 衣食住行

zhèng政

fǔ府

de的

xīn新

zhèng政

cè策

zhǐ旨

zài在

gǎi改

shàn善

mín民

zhòng众

de的

yī衣

shí食

zhù住

xíng行

。

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