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tasty; delicious
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喫* | 喫* | *喫
variant of
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
HSK 7-9
(idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback
HSK 7-9
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
to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
to suck the breast (for milk)
to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)
to gorge oneself with food
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
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
(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc) / sound of stammering
to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
to eat raw
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds you
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
snack bar / lunch room / CL:
table manners
to eat and drink / food and drink
to stuff oneself with food
to take medicine
to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
exploitative / oppressive
edible
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 without paying / to freeload
to eat one's fill
unpalatable
gluttonous; voracious
to feel jealous (esp. because of a rival in love or affection)
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 eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
food / edibles
shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
to live frugally
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
(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
happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give
(idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
to beg for food
(fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc)
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
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
to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
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
to shock / to amaze
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight
all one's strength
to be refused entrance; to find the door closed
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
to freeload for food
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
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
penetration of a cutting tool
food and clothing
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
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
taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
(coll.) snack food

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