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癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉
lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu
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lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom);
fig. to try to punch above one's weight
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癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉
lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu
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lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom);
fig. to try to punch above one's weight
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白吃白喝
bái chī bái hē
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to freeload
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省吃儉用
shěng chī jiǎn yòng
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to live frugally;
to economize on food and clothing;
to scrimp and save
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看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
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to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances;
to live within one's means
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看菜吃飯
kān cài chī fàn
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to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances;
to live within one's means
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看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn ， liáng tǐ cái yī
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eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure;
to act according to actual circumstances;
to live within one's means
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看菜吃飯，量體裁衣
kān cài chī fàn ， liáng tǐ cái yī
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eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure;
to act according to actual circumstances;
to live within one's means
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眼睛吃冰淇淋
yǎn jing chī bīng qí lín
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(slang) (Tw) to be checking out the hotties
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礼教吃人
lǐ jiào chī rén
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sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics
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禮教吃人
lǐ jiào chī rén
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sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics
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老牛吃嫩草
lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo
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lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom);
fig. a May-December relationship;
a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
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胡吃海喝
hú chī hǎi hē
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to eat and drink gluttonously;
to pig out
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胡吃海塞
hú chī hǎi sāi
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to stuff oneself with food
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自找苦吃
zì zhǎo kǔ chī
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to bring trouble on oneself
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自討苦吃
zì tǎo kǔ chī
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to ask for trouble (idiom);
to make a rod for one's own back
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讨吃
tǎo chī
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to beg for food
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討吃
tǎo chī
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to beg for food
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试吃品
shì chī pǐn
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food sample
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試吃品
shì chī pǐn
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food sample
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货问三家不吃亏
huò wèn sān jiā bù chī kuī
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see 貨比三家不吃虧|货比三家不吃亏[huo4 bi3 san1 jia1 bu4 chi1 kui1]
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貨問三家不吃虧
huò wèn sān jiā bù chī kuī
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see 貨比三家不吃虧|货比三家不吃亏[huo4 bi3 san1 jia1 bu4 chi1 kui1]
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货比三家不吃亏
huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī
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shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
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貨比三家不吃虧
huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī
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shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
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貪吃
tān chī
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gluttonous;
voracious
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