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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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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  *飽* | 飽* | *飽
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
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
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it
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 be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
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
man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people
to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噇* | 噇* | *噇
(dialect) to eat or drink extravagantly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蝕* | 蝕* | *蝕
to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode
to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful
lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *茹* | 茹* | *茹
to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *食* | 食* | *食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
to eat one's fill
to eat and drink / food and drink
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
to eat one's meal
to eat raw
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
to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest
to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods
to be full (after eating)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗿* | 嗿* | *嗿
sound of many people eating
(eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of; using
to eat a vegetarian diet
(idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth)
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
to eat and drink unreasonably
to eat / to have a meal
lit. not eating the food of common mortals / fig. placing oneself above the common populace
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences
esophagus; gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route
to eat one's fill
to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice
dog-eat-dog / dogfight
to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)
(Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals; to fast / also pr. [pi4gu3]
to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) / fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight
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. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change
lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)
to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom) / fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
to wage guerrilla warfare; to fight as a guerrilla / (fig.) (coll.) to live or eat at no fixed place
to eat slowly (idiom)
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
man-eating shark / same as 大白鯊|大白鲨, great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
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. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啖* | 啖* | *啖
to eat / to taste / to entice (using bait)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饢* | 饢* | *饢
to stuff one's face / to eat greedily
to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)
to eat meat
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饜* | 饜* | *饜
to eat to the full
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飫* | 飫* | *飫
full (as of eating)
taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle
eating without working
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侑* | 侑* | *侑
(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歁* | 歁* | *歁
unsatisfied (of eating)
to eat too much / to binge
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餔* | 餔* | *餔
to eat / evening meal
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown
to eat one's fill
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟊* | 蟊* | *蟊
Spanish fly / grain-eating grub
to finish eating
to eat without paying / to freeload
to eat without paying / to eat for free
to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *犼* | 犼* | *犼
mythical man-eating creature resembling a dog
cooked food (ready to eat)

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