To earn one's own living; to be self-reliant and independent.
依靠自己的劳动所得来生活。
《礼记·礼器》食力无数。”陈浩集说食力，自食其力之人。”
After finishing college, he decided to move out and start a business to 自食其力.
Learn the next connected idiom: 自食其力 (zì shí qí lì) → 力所能及 (lì suǒ néng jí)
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