哑巴吃黄连 啞巴吃黃連 yǎ ba chī huáng lián 1. no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)2. also written 哑巴吃黄莲3. (often precedes 有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
吃不了兜着走 吃不了兜著走 chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu 1. lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)2. fig. you'll have to take the consequences
吃人不吐骨头 吃人不吐骨頭 chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóu 1. ruthless2. vicious and greedy
兔子不吃窝边草 兔子不吃窩邊草 tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo 1. (lit.) a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying)2. (fig.) even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
好汉不吃眼前亏 好漢不吃眼前虧 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ 1. lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)2. fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉 lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu 1. lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)2. fig. to try to punch above one's weight
variant of 吃里扒外[chī lǐ pá wài]
variant of 争风吃醋[zhēng fēng chī cù]
1. exploitative2. oppressive
to become sick of a food after eating it too much
penetration of a cutting tool
1. (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)2. sound of stammering
(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)
to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)
1. to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc)2. (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb)
mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience
1. (of food) to absorb oil2. (of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel
(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
(dialect) to smoke (tobacco)
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
(coll.) to suffer a humiliation
(slang) unattractive; ugly (derived from near homophone 丑[chǒu])
1. (video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)2. battle royale game3. last-man-standing game4. to play PUBG (or similar game)+1 条 +2 条 1. to gorge oneself2. to pig out
to be on the government payroll
1. (lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder2. (fig.) to be ablaze with anger3. ornery4. snappy+1 条 to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
1. lit. joint eaters2. a restaurant social gathering, esp. organized online among strangers
1. Enjoy your meal!2. Bon appetit!
"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC
1. (idiom) to devour (food)2. (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit
1. peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)2. onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it3. (neologism c. 2016)
1. to dine and dash2. to leave without paying