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  *吃* | 吃* | *吃
to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
HSK 1
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  *用* | 用* | *用
to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore
HSK 1
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
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  *饱* | 饱* | *饱
to eat till full / satisfied
HSK 2
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  *香* | 香* | *香
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:
HSK 3
eating and drinking / food and drink; diet
HSK 5
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  *餐* | 餐* | *餐
meal / to eat / classifier for meals
HSK 6
to eat a meal
HSK 7-9
lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it
HSK 7-9
to put sth on the bottom / to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime / to lay the foundation / to come last in the rankings
HSK 7-9
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
HSK 7-9
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
to eat; to consume / edible
HSK 7-9
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
to be full (after eating)
(Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals; to fast / also pr. [pi4gu3]
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
to eat one's meal
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people
to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
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  *蚀* | 蚀* | *蚀
to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
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  *茹* | 茹* | *茹
to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
to eat too much / to binge
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
to eat one's fill
to eat and drink unreasonably
to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest
esophagus; gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route
to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful
to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
to eat raw
to eat and drink / food and drink
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  *啖* | 啖* | *啖
to eat / to taste / to entice (using bait)
(idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth)
to eat one's fill
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  *哺* | 哺* | *哺
to eat / evening meal
to eat / to have a meal
to eat slowly (idiom)
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out
to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
tasty meal / to eat a satisfying meal
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  *嘬* | 嘬* | *嘬
(literary) to gnaw / to eat ravenously
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  *嗿* | 嗿* | *嗿
sound of many people eating
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
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  *犼* | 犼* | *犼
mythical man-eating creature resembling a dog
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
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  *餍* | 餍* | *餍
to eat to the full
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food
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  *饫* | 饫* | *饫
full (as of eating)
lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom) / fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
cooked food (ready to eat)
to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle
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  *饣* | 饣* | *饣
"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)
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  *侑* | 侑* | *侑
(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
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  *蟊* | 蟊* | *蟊
Spanish fly / grain-eating grub
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  *噇* | 噇* | *噇
(dialect) to eat or drink extravagantly
to eat up / to consume
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  *歁* | 歁* | *歁
unsatisfied (of eating)
to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)
to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
to finish eating
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
to eat one's fill
(literary) to eat
to graze; to eat grass
mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience
Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food
to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
to eat out / food brought in from outside; food not purchased within the premises
to eat meat
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝 when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
to eat without paying / to freeload
nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre
to gather together as with a rake / to shovel food into one's mouth; to eat fast
lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom) / fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions / to stew in one's own juice
dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗 forced to "eat" it)
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
(Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
to place (food) on the table / to sit down to eat (at the dining table)

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