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Chinese dictionary
derogfood handed out in contempt; handout offered contemptuously; (eat) something rudely offered
嗟来之食,吃下去肚子要疼的。
He who swallows food handed out in contempt will have a bellyache.
不能吃嗟来之食
not accept handouts
那人一听这话,立即瞪着眼睛说道:我就是因为不吃嗟来之食,才饿到这般地步的。
Hearing the word, the man glared his eyes and said, “it is because I am not willing to eat the food handed out in contempt that I have been famished to such a degree.”