凭着节俭，她设法以自己微薄的薪水生活。

By frugality she managed to get along on her small salary.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 凭着 píngzhe
  1. relying on
  2. on the basis of
2 节俭 jiéjiǎn frugal; economical
3 她 tā she
4 设法 shèfǎ
  1. to try
  2. to make an attempt
  3. to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
=5 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=5 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=5 以 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列 Yǐsèliè
=5 以 yǐ
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
6 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
7 微薄 wēibó
  1. scanty
  2. meager
=8 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=8 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=8 的 dí really and truly
=8 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
9 薪水 xīnshuǐ
  1. salary
  2. wage
10 生活 shēnghuó
  1. to live
  2. life
  3. livelihood