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吃拿卡要

chī ná qiǎ yàodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-b986334f9648552d. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

吃拿卡要 吃拿卡要 [chi1 na2 qia3 yao4] /dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes/all kinds of abuse of power/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 吃
    chī

    to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

  • 拿
    ná

    to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把[bǎ]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)

  • 卡
    kǎ

    to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhāng],片[piàn] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[kǎ lù lǐ]) / cassette

    qiǎ

    to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [kǎ]

  • 要
    yāo

    (bound form) to demand / to coerce

    yào

    to want / to need / to ask for / will / shall / about to / need to / should / if (same as 要是[yào shi]) / (bound form) important

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.