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  • 1

    v.be unable to get something to eat

    • kuài zǒu ba zài wǎn jiù shén me yě chī bu shàng le

      什么吃不上

      Hurry up, or we'll be too late to get nothing to eat.

    • zhè ge kě lián de nǚ hái jīng cháng bèi pò chī bu shàng wǎn fàn

      这个可怜女孩经常被迫吃不上晚饭

      The poor girl often had to go without supper.

  • 2

    v.miss a meal; have nothing to eat

    • wǒ men chī bu shàng zhè dùn fàn dōu děi guài tā

      我们吃不上

      It was her fault that we had missed the meal.

    • zhī qián liǎng nián tā jiù lián fàn yě chī bu shàng le

      之前吃不上

      Two year before, the man was starving!