breadwinner
n. 養家餬口的人
The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.
I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner.
一直由我支付賬單,維持家庭生計。
1. one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
When the breadwinner is ill, his children will do anything rather than starve.
大人病了, 兒女們做賊做娼也比餓著強!
He knows and accepts the fact that his wife may be the breadwinner.
他明白,他妻子所掙的錢可能是家庭收入的主要來源,他接受這一事實.
When his father died, he became the breadwinner of the family.
父親死後, 他便成了全家養家餬口的人.
Mui Da Hsien ( Anita Mui ), the eldest sister, is the breadwinner in the family.
梅家四姊妹自幼無父無母, 大家姐大香 ( 梅豔芳飾 ) 獨力持家.
During this time, Lee's wife a molecular biologist , was the sole breadwinner for the family.
在此期間, 李安的妻子林惠嘉(分子生物學家)養家餬口.