衣食住行

yī-shí-zhù-xíng

(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom); (fig.) people's basic needs

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衣食住行都要花钱。

Food, clothes, housing and travel all cost money.

他的衣食住行很简单。

His daily life is very simple.