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Some have to hide eking out a living for decades.

有些老华侨甚至躲藏了数十年，偷偷谋生。

I lived near a year upon that, spending very sparingly, and eking things out to the utmost.

我就靠着这点钱，克勤克俭，七拼八凑地又过了几乎一年。

She is eking out her income by working in the evenings.

她在晚上工作以增加收入.

He had been eking out a wretched existence, story-telling, or selling tobacco.

他辛辛苦苦地凑合着生活, 说书, 或者卖烟草.

They had to have some way of eking out a reasonable existence.

他们不得不辛辛苦苦地维持合理的生活.

He was eking out an existence on a few francs a day.

他每天就靠几法郎勉强度日。

In 1983, he was still eking out a living as a small-time businessman when he met Ms. Wang, who was working as a typist at Shanghai Normal University.

1983年遇见王薇时，他还是靠做小生意勉强为生，当时王薇是上海师范大学的一名打字员。