吃枪药 (吃槍藥)
chī qiāng yào
Pinyin

Definition

吃枪药 (吃槍藥)
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chī qiāng yào
  1. (lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder
  2. (fig.) to be ablaze with anger
  3. ornery
  4. snappy

Related Words (20)

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])
chī chī
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)
  2. 2 sound of stammering
chī wán
  1. 1 to finish eating
chī diào
  1. 1 to eat up
  2. 2 to consume
chī yào
  1. 1 to take medicine

Idioms (20)

不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 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
yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
吃一堑,长一智
chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 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
chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu
  1. 1 lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you'll have to take the consequences