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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
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
HSK 7-9
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吃* | 吃* | *吃
variant of
HSK 1
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016)
(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)
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
to be taken advantage of
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 finish eating
to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
to lead an idle life; to be a loafer
to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power
to take medicine
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
food and clothing
to eat and drink / food and drink
all one's strength
to be a vegetarian
chowhound / foodie / a good-for-nothing
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
(coll.) food
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
to dine and dash / to leave without paying
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
lit. to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom) / fig. to lead a life of dissipation
to graze; to eat grass
(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
to be unsure about a matter / to be uncertain / to be unable to make sense of sth
exploitative / oppressive
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
to bear hardships
HSK 7-9
to eat without paying / to freeload
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
susceptible to force but not persuasion
having nothing better to do
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 be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand
to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
(slang) unattractive; ugly (derived from near homophone 醜|丑)
(of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
popular / in demand / well regarded
be unpopular / won't work
in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important
to be jealous
to face legal action; to get sued
to eat one's fill
to be refused entrance; to find the door closed
(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)
to live off a woman
to eat up / to consume
(Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
to cost one dearly / to end disastrously / to pay bitterly
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
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 work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds you
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
(idiom) to devour (food) / (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit
to suck the breast (for milk)
Pac-Man (computer game)
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
to take liberties with (a woman) / to tease with sexual innuendo / to sexually harass / to take advantage of sb
to be forced to suffer in silence / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
to be given special treatment / to be treated in a favored way
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
table manners
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
food / edibles
to be able to bear / to be able to support
to feel jealous (esp. because of a rival in love or affection)
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage
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
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb) / no pain, no gain
(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
(of food) to absorb oil / (of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel
(coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)
to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep / (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
utmost effort
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
to feel reassured
all one's strength
slot machine

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