life savings

Meanings

nounlife savings (countable and uncountable, plural life savings)

countablepluralplural onlyuncountableA large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years.
She spent her life savings on a new car.
countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see life, savings.

Chinese Mandarin 畢生積蓄 /毕生积蓄

畢生積蓄 /毕生积蓄 (bìshēng jīxù)large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years

Finnish säästöt

French économies d'une vie

économies d'une vielarge sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years

Japanese 救命

Polish życiowe oszczędności

życiowe oszczędnościlarge sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years

Russian сбереже́ния

сбереже́ния (sberežénija)large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years

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