勉强度日

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

世界上很多人只是勉强度日而已。

Many are just scrambling along in the world.

nà bìng bù shì yī gè liǎo bu qǐ de gōng zuò dàn kào tā hái néng miǎn qiǎng dù rì

那并不是一个了不起的工作，但靠它还能勉强度日。

It isn't much of a job, but it will keep the wolf from the door.

tā dìng jū zài bā lí yǐ xiě duǎn piān xiǎo shuō hé zá zhì wén zhāng miǎn qiǎng dù rì

他定居在巴黎，以写短篇小说和杂志文章勉强度日。

He settled in paris, where he scraped a living writing short stories and magazine articles.