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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
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 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 start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
HSK 7-9
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
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  *哺* | 哺* | *哺
to eat / evening meal
esophagus; gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route
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  *茹* | 茹* | *茹
to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
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  *蚀* | 蚀* | *蚀
to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode
(Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals; to fast / also pr. [pi4gu3]
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
to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
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 too much / to binge
to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest
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 and drink unreasonably
to eat without paying / to eat for free
tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馕* | 馕* | *馕
to stuff one's face / to eat greedily
to eat one's fill
(literary) to eat
lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living
to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
to eat raw
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餍* | 餍* | *餍
to eat to the full
to eat / to have a meal
to eat slowly (idiom)
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘬* | 嘬* | *嘬
(literary) to gnaw / to eat ravenously
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噇* | 噇* | *噇
(dialect) to eat or drink extravagantly
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  *嗿* | 嗿* | *嗿
sound of many people eating
to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown
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
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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
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饫* | 饫* | *饫
full (as of eating)
to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)
lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom) / fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饣* | 饣* | *饣
"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟊* | 蟊* | *蟊
Spanish fly / grain-eating grub
to eat up / to consume
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歁* | 歁* | *歁
unsatisfied (of eating)
to finish eating
to be full (after eating)
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
to eat one's fill
to graze; to eat grass
to start eating
mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience
not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food
dog-eat-dog / dogfight
to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)
to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) / to take the medicine orally
to eat meat
eating without working
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
body double (in eating scenes)
to gather together as with a rake / to shovel food into one's mouth; to eat fast
dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗 forced to "eat" it)

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