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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吃* | 吃* | *吃
variant of
HSK 1
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
tasty; delicious
HSK 1
street food; snack
HSK 4
to be startled / to be shocked / to be amazed
HSK 4
to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain
HSK 5
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
to bear hardships
HSK 7-9
to stammer; to stutter / Taiwan pr. [kou3ji2]
HSK 7-9
(idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback
HSK 7-9
to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately
HSK 7-9
(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc) / sound of stammering
happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
popular / in demand / well regarded
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
food / edibles
drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship)
to take medicine
unpalatable
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful
to live frugally
to eat raw
to feel jealous
gluttonous; voracious
to suck the breast (for milk)
to eat and drink / food and drink
food and clothing
to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage
to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out
(idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
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
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important
lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land
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 be forced to suffer in silence / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
to lead an idle life; to be a loafer
(coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)
to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds you
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
to be unable to bear or support
to be unsure about a matter / to be uncertain / to be unable to make sense of sth
to beg for food
unmoved by force or persuasion
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
be unpopular / won't work
to be unaccustomed to certain food; to not be keen on certain food
to eat up / to consume
chowhound / foodie / a good-for-nothing
to finish eating
(coll.) food
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
to be able to bear / to be able to support
(coll.) to suffer a humiliation
(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) / battle royale game / last-man-standing game / to play PUBG (or similar game) / to win at PUBG (or similar game)
to graze; to eat grass
mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience
exploitative / oppressive
(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food
to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc) / (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb)
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
snack bar / lunch room / CL:
to be jealous
to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)
penetration of a cutting tool
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
(slang) unattractive; ugly (derived from near homophone 醜|丑)
to freeload for food
to provide full board
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
to eat without paying / to freeload
edible
to freeload
Pac-Man (computer game)
(Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
to gorge oneself / to pig out
(neologism c. 2024) to stubbornly endure hardships that need not be endured; to go out of one's way to make things difficult for oneself
to fall flat on one's face (vulgar)
to be given special treatment / to be treated in a favored way
to receive a kickback; to draw a commission
to live off a woman
not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more

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