Tā bù xiǎng yīfù rènhé rén, xīwàng kào zìjǐ de nǔlì shēnghuó.
He doesn't want to depend on anyone and hopes to live by his own efforts.
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依附 can be used literally (a vine attaches to a tree) or figuratively (a person attaches themselves to a patron or powerful entity). The figurative use often implies a kind of subservience or loss of independence, with a mildly negative connotation.
