人靠最少的東西活著
把畫面裡站著的那個東西換成人，就得到這一組：還沒倒，但也只是還沒倒。
verb · C1
To stay alive with only a very small amount of food, money, or other things that people need, so that you have just enough to keep going and no more.
勉強維生
核心畫面
Think of something standing at the lowest line it can stand on and not falling. That is the picture worth holding for subsist. Put a person there, with one kind of food and almost no money, and you get the everyday meaning: they are alive, only just, and nothing more than that. Take the person away and leave only the standing, and you get the legal meaning: a right or a duty is still up, still in force, even though time has passed and other things around it have ended.
subsist 可以想成一個畫面：有樣東西停在最低的那條線上，還立著，沒有倒下去。把人放進這個畫面——只有一種食物、…更多收起
subsist 可以想成一個畫面：有樣東西停在最低的那條線上，還立著，沒有倒下去。把人放進這個畫面——只有一種食物、幾乎沒有錢——就是日常的意思：還活著，剛好而已。把人拿掉，只留下「還立著」這件事——就是法律上的意思：一個權利、一項義務，時間過去了，周圍的東西都結束了，它還在、還有效。From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary entry derives subsist from Latin subsisto, a halt or a standing, built from sub (below) plus sisto (to stand or place). The word therefore begins as standing still down at the bottom, which is close to both modern uses.
packet 裡的 Wiktionary 把 subsist 追到拉丁文 subsistō（停住、站住），由 sub（在下面）加 sistō（站、放）組成。所以這個字一開始就是「在底下停住、站著」，跟今天兩個用法都對得上。
Wiktionary entry supplied in packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1097719657)
Two branches
權利或狀態還立著、沒有結束
同樣是「還立著」，只是站在那裡的不再是人，而是一個權利、一項義務、一份關係。來源把這個用法標成尤其屬於法律。
verb · C2
To go on existing, so that something is still there and still in force after time has passed. The source marks this use as belonging especially to law, where it is used about rights, duties and agreements.
持續存在