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  *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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  *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
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  *飽* | 飽* | *飽
to eat till full / satisfied
HSK 2
eating and drinking / food and drink; diet
HSK 5
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
HSK 7-9
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
to eat raw
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  *餐* | 餐* | *餐
meal / to eat / classifier for meals
HSK 6
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
(coll.) to eat grilled skewers
to finish eating
to eat one's fill
to eat a vegetarian diet
to eat a meal
HSK 7-9
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food
to place (food) on the table / to sit down to eat (at the dining table)
to eat; to consume / edible
HSK 7-9
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
to eat and drink / food and drink
to be full (after eating)
lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
to eat out / food brought in from outside; food not purchased within the premises
to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) / to take the medicine orally
(Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge
to graze; to eat grass
(eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of; using
dog-eat-dog / dogfight
eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful
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
lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it
HSK 7-9
to eat without paying / to freeload
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
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  *侑* | 侑* | *侑
(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
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
to eat too much / to binge
to eat / to have a meal
(slang) craving to eat; urge to pig out
(idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth)
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
eating champion
to eat up / to consume
to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)
to eat one's fill
if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy; if she likes to eat spicy, she will have a girl (idiom)
to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)
mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience
to become sick of a food after eating it too much
lit. to eat from government coffers / to serve as a government employee / to live off government money
taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
to gather together as with a rake / to shovel food into one's mouth; to eat fast
to eat one's fill / to be full
(Cantonese) to eat hot pot / hot pot
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom) / fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating / to show what one is made of
to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out
to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown
lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled
to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
to eat slowly (idiom)
to eat one's fill
to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
to eat meat and drink wine
to eat one's fill / to have a good meal
cooked food (ready to eat)
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
to wage guerrilla warfare; to fight as a guerrilla / (fig.) (coll.) to live or eat at no fixed place
Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
(literary) to eat
not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food
to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom) / to pluck up some courage
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  *犼* | 犼* | *犼
mythical man-eating creature resembling a dog
eating without working
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
people who regularly eat out
to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
to start eating

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