Results for “吃”

to gorge oneself / to pig out

to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge

to gorge oneself with food

happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give

a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)

lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind

lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later

A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom) / a stitch in time saves nine

hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything

Enjoy your meal! / Bon appetit!

to play the wolf in sheep's clothing / to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down

lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure

lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease

lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease

lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom) / fig. nobody is indispensable

to be without food or clothing (idiom) / to be very poor

(neologism, attested by 2024) to stubbornly endure hardships that need not be endured / to go out of one's way to make things difficult for oneself

to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair

to fall flat on one's face (vulgar)

lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change

to gobble up / to gorge oneself on (food)

to eat raw

lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight

to freeload

(idiom) to live frugally

(lit.) to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / (fig.) to act according to actual circumstances

lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances

(slang) (Tw) to be checking out the hotties

sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics

lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given

lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman

to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out

to stuff oneself with food

to bring trouble on oneself

to beg for food

food sample

see 貨比三家不吃虧|货比三家不吃亏[huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī]

shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)

glutton / chowhound

winner takes all