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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
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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
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
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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
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  *饱* | 饱* | *饱
to eat till full / satisfied
HSK 2
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 eat raw
eating and drinking / food and drink; diet
HSK 5
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  *餐* | 餐* | *餐
meal / to eat / classifier for meals
HSK 6
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
to finish eating
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
to eat a vegetarian diet
to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
to eat a meal
HSK 7-9
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
to place (food) on the table / to sit down to eat (at the dining table)
to forage / to gather for eating / to pick and eat
to eat; to consume / edible
HSK 7-9
lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it
HSK 7-9
to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
to eat and drink / food and drink
to eat out / food brought in from outside; food not purchased within the premises
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
to eat one's meal
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge
to graze; to eat grass
(eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of; using
(Cantonese) to eat hot pot / hot pot
dog-eat-dog / dogfight
taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
to eat one's fill
to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful
to be full (after eating)
to eat without paying / to freeload
to eat slowly (idiom)
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  *侑* | 侑* | *侑
(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
to eat one's fill / to have a good meal
to eat / to have a meal
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)
to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
to eat too much / to binge
lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food
to eat one's fill
to eat meat and drink wine
(slang) entertaining content such as Internet videos and TV shows that people watch while eating
eating champion
to eat up / to consume
(Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy; if she likes to eat spicy, she will have a girl (idiom)
lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)
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
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience
to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)
to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) / to take the medicine orally
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
to eat and drink unreasonably
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out
to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown
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  *蚀* | 蚀* | *蚀
to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode
to eat one's fill / to be full
to stop eating and spit out
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled
to eat one's fill
(idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth)
cooked food (ready to eat)
Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
(literary) to eat
lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) / fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
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.
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food
to gather together as with a rake / to shovel food into one's mouth; to eat fast
to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
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  *犼* | 犼* | *犼
mythical man-eating creature resembling a dog
to eat indiscriminately
eating without working
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
people who regularly eat out

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