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吃得開
chī de kāi
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to be popular;
to be getting on well;
much in demand
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吃拿卡要
chī ná qiǎ yào
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dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes;
all kinds of abuse of power
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吃掉
chī diào
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to eat up;
to consume
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吃播
chī bō
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mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience
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吃案
chī àn
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(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)
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吃枪药
chī qiāng yào
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(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder;
(fig.) to be ablaze with anger;
ornery;
snappy
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吃槍藥
chī qiāng yào
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(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder;
(fig.) to be ablaze with anger;
ornery;
snappy
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吃水不忘挖井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng wā jǐng rén
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see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2]
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吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
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Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
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吃油
chī yóu
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(of food) to absorb oil;
(of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel
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吃熊心豹子胆
chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn
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to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom);
to pluck up some courage
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吃熊心豹子膽
chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn
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to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom);
to pluck up some courage
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吃牢饭
chī láo fàn
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to do prison time (Tw)
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吃牢飯
chī láo fàn
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to do prison time (Tw)
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吃瓜群众
chī guā qún zhòng
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peanut gallery (esp. in online forums);
onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it;
(neologism c. 2016)
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吃瓜群眾
chī guā qún zhòng
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peanut gallery (esp. in online forums);
onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it;
(neologism c. 2016)
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吃白食
chī bái shí
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to eat without paying;
to freeload
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吃白饭
chī bái fàn
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to eat plain rice;
(fig.) to eat and not pay for it;
to sponge off others;
to freeload
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吃白飯
chī bái fàn
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to eat plain rice;
(fig.) to eat and not pay for it;
to sponge off others;
to freeload
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吃皇粮
chī huáng liáng
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lit. to eat from government coffers;
to serve as a government employee;
to live off government money
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吃皇糧
chī huáng liáng
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lit. to eat from government coffers;
to serve as a government employee;
to live off government money
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吃相
chī xiàng
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table manners
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吃硬不吃软
chī yìng bù chī ruǎn
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susceptible to force but not persuasion
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吃硬不吃軟
chī yìng bù chī ruǎn
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susceptible to force but not persuasion
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吃空额
chī kòng è
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to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
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