Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
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| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 用 | 用 | yòng | yong4 | to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore | ||
| 2 | 吃 | 吃 | chī | chi1 | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2]) | ||
| 3 | 吃饭 | 吃飯 | chī fàn | chi1 fan4 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | ||
| 4 | 食 | 食 | shí | shi2 | to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse | ||
| 5 | 香 | 香 | xiāng | xiang1 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; Classifiers: 根 | ||
| 6 | 饱 | 飽 | bǎo | bao3 | to eat till full; satisfied | ||
| 7 | 吃饱 | 吃飽 | chī bǎo | chi1 bao3 | to eat one's fill | ||
| 8 | 张口 | 張口 | zhāng kǒu | zhang1 kou3 | to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request) | ||
| 9 | 吃掉 | 吃掉 | chī diào | chi1 diao4 | to eat up; to consume | ||
| 10 | 蚀 | 蝕 | shí | shi2 | to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode | ||
| 11 | 餐 | 餐 | cān | can1 | meal; to eat; classifier for meals | ||
| 12 | 吃喝 | 吃喝 | chī hē | chi1 he1 | to eat and drink; food and drink | ||
| 13 | 食道 | 食道 | shí dào | shi2 dao4 | esophagus; the proper way to eat; food transportation route | ||
| 14 | 饱食终日无所用心 | 飽食終日無所用心 | bǎo shí zhōng rì wú suǒ yòng xīn | bao3 shi2 zhong1 ri4 wu2 suo3 yong4 xin1 | eat three square meals a day and do no work; be sated with food and remain idle | ||
| 15 | 鱼与熊掌不可兼得 | 魚與熊掌不可兼得 | yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé | yu2 yu3 xiong2 zhang3 bu4 ke3 jian1 de2 | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it | ||
| 16 | 鱼与熊掌 | 魚與熊掌 | yú yǔ xióng zhǎng | yu2 yu3 xiong2 zhang3 | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it | ||
| 17 | 馕 | 饢 | nǎng | nang3 | to stuff one's face; to eat greedily | ||
| 18 | 餍 | 饜 | yàn | yan4 | to eat to the full | ||
| 19 | 饇 | 饇 | yù | yu4 | to eat too much; to confer | ||
| 20 | 哺 | 餔 | bū | bu1 | to eat; evening meal | ||
| 21 | 饱餐一顿 | 飽餐一頓 | bǎo cān yī dùn | bao3 can1 yi1 dun4 | to eat one's fill; to be full | ||
| 22 | 饱食终日，无所用心 | 飽食終日，無所用心 | bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn | bao3 shi2 zhong1 ri4 , wu2 suo3 yong4 xin1 | to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom); to be sated with food and remain idle | ||
| 23 | 饥不择食 | 飢不擇食 | jī bù zé shí | ji1 bu4 ze2 shi2 | when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. | ||
| 24 | 开荤 | 開葷 | kāi hūn | kai1 hun1 | to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet; (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience | ||
| 25 | 说葡萄酸 | 說葡萄酸 | shuō pú tao suān | shuo1 pu2 tao5 suan1 | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop); lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them |
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