吃飯皇帝大 chī fàn huáng dì dà

eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
飯 fàn
meal; cooked rice; devotee
皇 huáng HSK 6
emperor; surname Huang; old variant of 惶huáng
帝 dì HSK 6
emperor
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great