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Did you mean: to eat ?

吃	chī	to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])
用	yòng	to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore
饱	bǎo	to eat till full / satisfied
香	xiāng	fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1]
餐	cān	meal / to eat / classifier for meals
食	shí	to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
吃饭	chī fàn	to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
用餐	yòng cān	to eat a meal
吃掉	chī diào	to eat up / to consume
吃喝	chī hē	to eat and drink / food and drink
蚀	shí	to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode
偷吃	tōu chī	to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful
茹	rú	to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
打底	dǎ dǐ	to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
狗粮	gǒu liáng	dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗\|单身狗[dan1 shen1 gou3] forced to "eat" it)
吃饱	chī bǎo	to eat one's fill
进食	jìn shí	to take a meal / to eat
吃喝玩乐	chī hē wán lè	to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
暴饮暴食	bào yǐn bào shí	to eat and drink unreasonably
张口	zhāng kǒu	to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request)
白吃	bái chī	to eat without paying / to eat for free
饱餐	bǎo cān	to eat and eat / to stuff oneself
食道	shí dào	esophagus / the proper way to eat / food transportation route
食补	shí bǔ	tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods
啖	dàn	to eat / to taste / to entice (using bait)
细嚼慢咽	xì jiáo màn yàn	to eat slowly (idiom)
嘬	chuài	(literary) to gnaw / to eat ravenously
馕	nǎng	to stuff one's face / to eat greedily
自食其力	zì shí qí lì	lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living
吃不上	chī bu shàng	unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
吃食	chī shí	to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
哺	bū	to eat / evening meal
果腹	guǒ fù	to eat one's fill
侑	yòu	(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
打边炉	dǎ biān lú	(Cantonese) to eat hot pot / hot pot
吃豆腐	chī dòu fu	to eat tofu / (fig.) to flirt / to tease
大饱口福	dà bǎo kǒu fú	to eat one's fill / to have a good meal
噇	chuáng	to eat (archaic)
饱餐一顿	bǎo cān yī dùn	to eat one's fill / to be full
食言	shí yán	lit. to eat one's words / to break a promise / to go back on one's word / to renege / unsworn testimony
吃喝拉撒睡	chī hē lā sā shuì	to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep / (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
暴食	bào shí	to eat too much / to binge
大吃大喝	dà chī dà hē	to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
乱吃	luàn chī	to eat indiscriminately
何不食肉糜	hé bù shí ròu mí	lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝\|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
下馆子	xià guǎn zi	to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
自食恶果	zì shí è guǒ	lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom) / fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions / to stew in one's own juice
自食其果	zì shí qí guǒ	to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown
餍	yàn	to eat to the full
看菜吃饭	kān cài chī fàn	to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means
饣	shí	"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)
心急吃不了热豆腐	xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu	hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
用饭	yòng fàn	to eat / to have a meal
吃香喝辣	chī xiāng hē là	lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
胡吃海喝	hú chī hǎi hē	to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out
尽饱	jìn bǎo	to be stuffed to the gills / to eat to satiety
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉	lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu	lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight
上馆子	shàng guǎn zi	to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
吃大锅饭	chī dà guō fàn	lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
开荤	kāi hūn	to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
吃白饭	chī bái fàn	to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
熟菜	shú cài	cooked food (ready to eat)
率兽食人	shuài shòu shí rén	lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people
吃皇粮	chī huáng liáng	lit. to eat from government coffers / to serve as a government employee / to live off government money
饱食终日，无所用心	bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn	to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle
食不厌精，脍不厌细	shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì	lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food
吃馆子	chī guǎn zi	to eat out / to eat at a restaurant
饇	yù	to eat too much / to confer
酸儿辣女	suān ér là nǚ	if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy; if she likes to eat spicy, she will have a girl (idiom)
茹荤	rú hūn	to eat meat
食人	shí rén	man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people
食不知味	shí bù zhī wèi	lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)
吃熊心豹子胆	chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn	to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom) / to pluck up some courage
扒搂	bā lōu	to pile together / to cram food into one's mouth (with chopsticks) / to eat fast
吃粮不管事	chī liáng bù guǎn shì	to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest
食肉寝皮	shí ròu qǐn pí	to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters
下箸	xià zhù	(literary) to eat
羹藜含糗	gēng lí hán qiǔ	nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre
大吃二喝	dà chī èr hē	to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge
食荼卧棘	shí tú wò jí	to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
吃不服	chī bu fú	not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food
茹荤饮酒	rú hūn yǐn jiǔ	to eat meat and drink wine
内用	nèi yòng	to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) / to take the medicine orally
含忍耻辱	hán rěn chǐ rǔ	to eat humble pie / to accept humiliation / to turn the other cheek
茹素	rú sù	to eat a vegetarian diet
吃不下	chī bu xià	not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more
集餐	jí cān	to eat from a common pot / communal cafeteria
分餐	fēn cān	separate meals / to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)
吃白食	chī bái shí	to eat without paying / to freeload
大快朵颐	dà kuài duǒ yí	to gorge oneself / to eat heartily (idiom)
忍辱含垢	rěn rǔ hán gòu	to eat humble pie / to accept humiliation / to turn the other cheek
羹藜唅糗	gēng lí hān qiǔ	nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre
𠯪	dǎi	(dialect) to eat

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