吃醋
chī cù
Pinyin
Definition
吃醋
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- to feel jealous
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
吃醋?你所有的用户名和密码都在我手里哟。
Jealous? Come on, I already have your username and password.
嘿,你是不是吃醋了!
Hey, are you jealous?!
因为吃醋很酸,所以吃醋也是"忌妒"的意思。
Because vinegar is sour, 'eating vinegar' also means 'to be jealous'.
吃醋
to eat vinegar
我老婆很会吃醋。一看到我跟别的女人说话,她就会不高兴。
My wife gets jealous easily. The minute she sees me talking to another woman, she's unhappy.
我夸一个男明星长得帅,他就吃醋了。
I said a male celebrity was handsome, and he got jealous.
哟,看来您是个吃醋专家啊!那我可得考考你了,这个醋除了用于吃以外,还有什么用途呢?
Oh, looks like you're really an expert at eating vinegar! Well, then, I have to give you a little test-- other than eating vinegar, what else can you do with it?
得得得,赵老师,不愧是老前辈,没让我给绕进去。其实今天我们的话题就是“醋的妙用”。您平时有什么关于吃醋的小窍门吗?
Alright, Mr. Zhao. There's no denying you're an old hand at this. You didn't get taken in by me! Actually, our topic today is ``The Incredible Uses of Vinegar." What little tricks for eating vinegar do you use ordinarily?
哟,你这问题可够尖锐的,让我觉得有弦外之音啊!吃醋嘛,要看是镇江香醋还是山西老陈醋,是苹果醋还是梅子醋,还要看是做糖醋排骨还是西湖醋鱼,还得讲究......
Oh, that's a sharp question! I feel like you're implying something! Vinegar...well, that depends whether it's aged Zhenjiang vinegar, or rice vinegar from Shanxi, if it's apple vinegar or plum vinegar, and then you have to see whether you're making sweet-and-sour pork or West Lake-style fish. And then you have to look at--
赵老师,您喜欢吃醋吗?
Mr. Zhao, do you like to eat vinegar?