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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
tasty; delicious
HSK 1
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喫* | 喫* | *喫
variant of
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
to bear hardships
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
to stammer; to stutter / Taiwan pr. [kou3ji2]
HSK 7-9
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc) / sound of stammering
to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
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 take medicine
snack bar / lunch room / CL:
edible
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 stuff oneself with food
(of a villain) to do the dirty on another villain
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
food / edibles
exploitative / oppressive
chowhound / foodie / a good-for-nothing
to be unsure about a matter / to be uncertain / to be unable to make sense of sth
to eat one's fill
to eat raw
unpalatable
gluttonous; voracious
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
to suck the breast (for milk)
to feel jealous
popular / in demand / well regarded
slot machine
drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship)
(idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback
in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important
to be a vegetarian
(coll.) to suffer a humiliation
to live off a woman
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
to play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)
to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
to live frugally
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight
to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
lit. to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom) / fig. to lead a life of dissipation
to fall flat on one's face (vulgar)
to be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand
to bring trouble on oneself
to shock / to amaze
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change
to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
to freeload
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind
to face legal action; to get sued
(idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
all one's strength
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
to beg for food
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出)
(coll.) (Tw) to get sacked / to be fired
(fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc)
to take liberties with (a woman) / to tease with sexual innuendo / to sexually harass / to take advantage of sb
to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
susceptible to force but not persuasion
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible / to be impatient for success
(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy
to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed
to receive a kickback; to draw a commission
to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage
to lead an idle life; to be a loafer
be unpopular / won't work
(of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity
penetration of a cutting tool
food and clothing
to be unaccustomed to certain food; to not be keen on certain food
to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine) / (of sb who has no income) to rely on others / to demand a "contribution" or "loan" from a business or wealthy individual
(coll.) food
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish

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