bái chī

白 吃

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v.have a free meal
- zhè dùn fàn bù néng ràng tā bái chī
  这顿饭不能让他白吃。
  We can't let him have the meal for free.
- bù fen guān yuán rèn wéi gōng kuǎn chī hē shì bù chī bái bù chī chī le yě bái chī
  部分官员认为，公款吃喝是不吃白不吃，吃了也白吃。
  Some officials think they will incur neither blame nor obligation to dine at public expense.
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v.One ate something but doesn't see its effect.
- nǐ zhēn shì bái chī le zhè me duō nián de fàn
  你真是白吃了这么多年的饭。
  You really have eaten food for so many years in vain.

白吃