吃吃
chī chī
Pinyin
Definition
吃吃
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- (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)
- sound of stammering
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to eat
- 2 to consume
- 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- 4 to eradicate
- 5 to destroy
- 6 to absorb
- 7 to suffer
- 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
- 1 (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)
- 2 sound of stammering
- 1 to finish eating
- 1 to eat up
- 2 to consume
- 1 to take medicine
Idioms (20)
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
- 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
兔子不吃窝边草
- 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
又要马儿跑,又要马儿不吃草
- 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
- 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
吃一堑,长一智
- 1 Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
吃不了兜着走
- 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
Sample Sentences
吃吃喝喝姐最在行了,麻辣烫一定要试的啊!
You know your big sis is the best person to ask for places to eat and drink! You have to try spicy soup!
你吃吃看就知道啦。
You'll find out when you try it.
然后从初一到初七,天天走访亲友,每到一家就吃吃喝喝。
Then from New Year's Day to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, we visited relatives and friends every day, eating and drinking at every house.
听起来跟中国人过年很像,一家团圆,吃吃喝喝。
It sounds a lot like Chinese New Year for Chinese people, families getting together to eat and drink.
听说他娶了个很有钱的老婆,以后在家吃吃软饭就行了。
I heard he married a really rich woman. From now on he can just stay at home and live off of her.
吃吃看
to try out a food
吃吃饭
to have a bite to eat