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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
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
to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain
HSK 5
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 bear hardships
HSK 7-9
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to suffer a humiliation
(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc) / sound of stammering
to be a vegetarian
to eat and drink / food and drink
to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
to face legal action; to get sued
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling / to lead a life of dissipation
exploitative / oppressive
to take medicine
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 be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
food / edibles
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 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
to finish eating
slot machine
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)
(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
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 lead an idle life; to be a loafer
to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed
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
(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)
to be able to bear / to be able to support
to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers
to be jealous
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 be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)
drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship)
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
penetration of a cutting tool
to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)
to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds you
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)
(of food) to absorb oil / (of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel
to graze; to eat grass
to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food
having nothing better to do / see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着
not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more
(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
(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 suck the breast (for milk)
to eat up / to consume
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)
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage
to feel reassured
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 take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
to be on the government payroll
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
(Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
to be forced to suffer in silence / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep / (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
to cost one dearly / to end disastrously / to pay bitterly
all one's strength
utmost effort

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