吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là

fig. to live well

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. to live well
  2. 2. lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
香 xiāng HSK 3
fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
喝 hē HSK 1
to drink; variant of 嗬hē; to shout
辣 là HSK 4
hot (spicy); pungent; old variant of 辣là