연명해요 · 연명했어요 · 연명할 거예요 · 연명하세요
to barely survive, to eke out a living; to prolong life
Example
그는 막노동으로 근근이 연명했습니다.
He barely scraped by doing manual labor.
Word parts
연 prolong+명 life
Literally 'prolong life'.
Good to know
연명 치료 (life-sustaining treatment) is a common term in medical and ethics debates.