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吃
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Definitions
- 1. to eat
- 2. to consume
- 3. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- 4. to eradicate
- 5. to destroy
- 6. to absorb
- 7. to suffer
- 8. to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
Example Sentences
1 shown托馬斯說他從來沒有 吃 過洋薊。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 吃
to be fond of eating
to gobble up
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
to live frugally
to be taken advantage of
to stammer
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
to ask for trouble (idiom)
to eat raw
(fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
way of eating
to eat plain rice
to be a guest at a dinner party
to eat and drink extravagantly
to dine and dash
unpalatable
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
tasty
(coll.) snack food
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop)
to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom)
not be accustomed to eating sth
to be given special treatment
an intercalary fourth month brings food shortages
to suffer losses
to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
to shock
unable to get anything to eat
lit. joint eaters
snack bar
to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)
see 貨比三家不吃虧|货比三家不吃亏[huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī]
to be unaccustomed to certain food
drinking water
to be unable to tolerate or endure
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
exploitative
to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
lit. eating away next year's food in advance
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)
to finish eating
(of a role) arduous
to have a meal
table manners
to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc)
food
(fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc)
(coll.) to suffer a humiliation
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
to be refused entrance (idiom)
to bear hardships
to cadge a meal
to be a vegetarian
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
Pac-Man (computer game)
happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom)
food and lodging
to eat and drink
glutton
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)
to entail strenuous effort
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine
to abstain from eating meat
Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom)
lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
to eat up
to feel reassured
(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom)
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)
(coll.) food
not to be trifled with
to fall flat on one's face (vulgar)
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
food sample
fig. a May-December relationship
to take liberties with (a woman)
to be able to bear
to play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down
to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom)
to start eating
to gorge oneself with food
to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)
\meals prepared at separate stoves\, slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
see 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡|吃着碗里，看着锅里[chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ]
to graze; to eat grass
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
to suck the breast (for milk)
in short supply
to be without food or clothing (idiom)
to eat without working (idiom)
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
to beg for food
to eat one's fill
see 吃豆人[chī dòu rén]
be unpopular
utmost effort
to lead an idle life; to be a loafer
to live off a woman
(coll.) to be incompetent
(of a villain) to do the dirty on another villain
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (idiom)
to eat without paying
gluttonous; voracious
to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine)
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)
all one's strength
to be jealous
lit. to eat from government coffers
mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience
to cost one dearly
to provide full board
to be fired
to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled
vegetative existence
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
popular
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
susceptible to force but not persuasion
chowhound
see 三個和尚沒水喝|三个和尚没水喝[sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē]
lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
to be unable to bear or support
to eat indiscriminately
to eat on the sly
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
edible
to stuff oneself with food
lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom)
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
to eat and drink gluttonously
to eat out
unmoved by force or persuasion
to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling
having nothing better to do
(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)
penetration of a cutting tool
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom)
(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)
to be unsure about a matter
to eat and drink as much as one likes
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
not feel like eating
glutton
to devour
to face legal action
taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
see 吃水不忘掘井人[chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén]
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
all one's strength
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
to work against the interests of sb one derives support from
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
to eat (of bird or animal)
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb)
lit. a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
to gorge oneself
Enjoy your meal!
to be forced to suffer in silence
winner takes all
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes
shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
to suffer
to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)
to bring trouble on oneself
to be startled
A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
ruthless
slot machine
to take medicine
to be on the government payroll
(of food) to absorb oil
(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder
to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
fig. to complain despite being privileged
to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
snack
food and clothing
to freeload for food
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)
to be popular
sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics
to feel jealous
having nothing better to do
fig. (of a person) too slow