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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
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喫* | 喫* | *喫
variant of
HSK 1
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
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 able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
to take medicine
to eat and drink / food and drink
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
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
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)
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)
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 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 be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
to face legal action; to get sued
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)
(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 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)
to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds you
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
to finish eating
to eat without paying / to freeload
ruthless / vicious and greedy
to be able to bear / to be able to support
to eat up / to consume
to be unable to bear or support
not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food
to graze; to eat grass
to be jealous
mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience
table manners
(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 catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)
(Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
having nothing better to do / see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着
(of food) to absorb oil / (of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel
to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more
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)
eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
(slang) unattractive; ugly (derived from near homophone 醜|丑)
(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 dine and dash / to leave without paying
to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep / (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
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)
(idiom) to devour (food) / (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power
to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
Pac-Man (computer game)

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