度日

guò qù tā shì kào shén me dù rì de

过去他是靠什么度日的？

What did he do for a living in the old days?

xīn láo dù rì

辛劳度日

eke out a living

jiě fàng qián tā kào chī yě shǔ dù rì

解放前她靠吃野薯度日。

Before liberation, she subsisted on wild potatoes.

jié yuē dù rì

节约度日

live frugally

yī kào jiē jì dù rì

依靠接济度日

rely on financial assistance to maintain oneself

dù rì rú nián

度日如年

one day seems like a year

yǐ rú cǐ dī wēi de gōng zī tā rú hé dù rì

以如此低微的工资，他如何度日？

How can he get by on such low wages?

shì jiè shang xǔ duō rén zhǐ shì miǎn qiǎng dù rì ér yǐ

世界上许多人只是勉强度日而已。

Many are just scrambling along in the world.