To be self-sufficient and self-reliant, not depending on others.
给供给。依靠自己的生产，满足自己的需要。
《三国志·魏志·步隲传》种瓜自给。”《列子·黄帝》不施不惠，而物自足。”
The small village is self-sufficient, growing its own food and making its own clothes.
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