Right, so, for example, in a company, regular company expenses are salaries or office supplies or the phone bills, internet bills.

M：对，所以，比如说，在一家公司，公司的常规开支是工资或办公用品或电话费、网络费。

If you say that someone can barely make ends meet, you mean that they don't earn much money, and so it's difficult for them to pay all their bills and cover their regular expenses.

如果你说一个人勉强维持生计的话，你的意思是他们挣的钱不多，所以很难支付所有的账单和日常开支费用。