Vocabulary

自力

one's own strength; one's own efforts

noun adj-no
freq #10

Example sentences

He could make his way in life.

He has made his way in life.

Do you think he did the job on his own?

In the past, the boys were taught to fend for themselves while still very young.

My father told me to do so on my own.

We didn't help him, so he did it off his own bat.

Mr Ford is what is called a self-made man.