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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.eat; take; drink; have
他吃了一个苹果。
He ate an apple.
不要吃生冷食物。
Do not eat raw or cold foods.
我吃得有点太撑了。
I am a bit too stuffed.
- 2
v.suffer; bear; incur; stand
他们已经连吃了好几次败仗了。
They have lost several battles in a row.
他这几年吃了不少苦头。
He's had a hard time these last few years.
没事，我吃得消。
It's okay. I can handle it.
- 3
v.exhaust; be a strain; consume
吃劲
energy consuming
吃力
energy consuming
- 4
v.absorb (liquid); soak/sponge up
这菜吃油。
This vegetable sucks up oil.
这块地不吃水。
This plot does not take in water.
- 5
v.wipe out; (mostly in war or a chess game) annihilate; destroy
吃对方的王棋
take the opponent's king
吃掉敌人一个团
annihilate an enemy regiment
- 6
v.live on (or off) something
这几年他一直在吃老本。
He has been living on his laurels for years.
靠山吃山，靠水吃水。
Mountaineers rely on the mountains, just like those by the waterside profit from water.
他靠吃利息维持生活。
He lives on the interest.
- 7
v.grasp; understand; accept; comprehend
他的心思我吃不准。
I'm not sure what's in his mind.
- 8
adj.stammer
口吃
stammer
Words and phrases with 吃
- 吃饱[word]be full
- 吃得下[word]be able to eat
- 吃豆腐[word]flirt with a woman; joke
- 吃喝风[word]practice of eating and drinking on public funds
- 吃零食[word]nibble between meals
- 吃穿[word]food and clothing
- 吃光[word]eat up
- 吃得消[word]be able to stand
- 吃请[word]accept an invitation to dinner
- 吃大锅饭[idiom]eat in the cafeteria the same as everyone else; get the same reward or pay regardless of one's performance in work
- 吃喝玩乐[idiom]eat, drink, and be merry
- 吃喝嫖赌[idiom]indulge in eating, drinking, gambling and frequenting brothels—lead a dissipated life
- 吃苦耐劳[idiom]struggle on through hardship
- 吃吃喝喝[idiom]indulge oneself in eating and drinking
- 吃里扒外[idiom]same as 吃里爬外