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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喫* | 喫* | *喫
variant of
HSK 1
to be startled / to be shocked / to be amazed
HSK 4
snack / refreshments / CL:
HSK 4
to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain
HSK 5
to stammer; to stutter / Taiwan pr. [kou3ji2]
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 eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
HSK 7-9
to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled / gobsmacked
HSK 7-9
to bear hardships
HSK 7-9
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
snack bar / lunch room / CL:
(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc) / sound of stammering
to be a vegetarian
to eat and drink / food and drink
to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
unpalatable
to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
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 face legal action; to get sued
to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling / to lead a life of dissipation
to freeload
exploitative / oppressive
to take medicine
edible
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
to eat one's fill
(coll.) food
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
to live frugally
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight
(of a villain) to do the dirty on another villain
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)
to be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
food / edibles
lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change
to feel jealous
to be unsure about a matter / to be uncertain / to be unable to make sense of sth
chowhound / foodie / a good-for-nothing
to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful
to eat raw
to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
popular / in demand / well regarded
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
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
to finish eating
slot machine
(coll.) to suffer a humiliation
in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important
to live off a woman
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
be unpopular / won't work
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
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
(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
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. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (idiom) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
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)
gluttonous; voracious
to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
to lead an idle life; to be a loafer
to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed
to shock / to amaze
all one's strength
ruthless / vicious and greedy
to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
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
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
(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
to be unable to bear or support
susceptible to force but not persuasion
to be unaccustomed to certain food; to not be keen on certain food
(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
(coll.) (Tw) to get sacked / to be fired
to be able to bear / to be able to support
taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
unmoved by force or persuasion
to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers
(coll.) snack food
food and clothing
(of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
to eat without paying / to freeload
to freeload for food

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