PHRASE
勉強維持生計
If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
例句
That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides ...
那迫使農民們努力在陡峭的山坡上勉強維持生計。
He ekes out a living with a market stall...
他靠擺攤勉強糊口。