gǒu
cún

literary
formal

Meaning of 苟存

苟存 means to cling to life; to subsist in a miserable or precarious way. Pronounced gǒu cún.

  • to cling to life; to subsist in a miserable or precarious way

Definitions & Examples

Zhàn
luàn
zhī
zhōng
 
bǎi
xìng
zhǐ
néng
gǒu
cún
xìng
mìng
 

Amidst the chaos of war, the common people could only cling to life.

yuàn
gǒu
cún
luàn
shì
 
rán
xuǎn
le
kàng
zhēng
 

Unwilling to merely subsist in turbulent times, he resolutely chose to resist.

Zài
zhǒng
xià
 
guò
shì
gǒu
cún
ér
 

Under that kind of oppression, he was merely clinging to a miserable existence.