吃得开 (吃得開)
chī de kāi
Pinyin

Definition

吃得开 (吃得開)
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chī de kāi
  1. to be popular
  2. to be getting on well
  3. much in demand

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吃
chī
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 to consume
  3. 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  4. 4 to eradicate
  5. 5 to destroy
  6. 6 to absorb
  7. 7 to suffer
  8. 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
得
dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to gain
  4. 4 to catch (a disease)
  5. 5 proper
  6. 6 suitable
  7. 7 proud
  8. 8 contented
  9. 9 to allow
  10. 10 to permit
  11. 11 ready
  12. 12 finished
得到
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
获得
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get
觉得
jué de
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to feel

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
  1. 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Sample Sentences

黑道当时在上海吃得开嘛。不过当然也有正经工作、赚干净钱的人。
hēidào dāngshí zài Shànghǎi chī de kāi ma 。bùguò dāngrán yě yǒu zhèngjing gōngzuò 、zhuàn gānjìng qián de rén 。
At that time, the underworld called the shots in Shanghai! But of course, there were also people with regular jobs who earned clean money.
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哎，人家赵杰克也是有能力的，业绩在那儿摆着呢！换了好几家大公司了，到哪儿都吃得开。但学历造假，总归是件见不得人的事儿。
āi ，rénjiā Zhào Jiékè yě shì yǒu nénglì de ，yèjì zài nàr bǎizhe ne ！huànle hǎojǐ jiā dà gōngsī le ，dào nǎr dōu chīdekāi 。dàn xuélì zàojiǎ ，zǒngguī shì jiàn jiànbudé rén de shìr 。
The guy does have talent though. Everyone knows about his accomplishments. He's been to more than a few big companies and he's popular wherever he goes. A fake diploma though - that's disgraceful either way.
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