吃青春饭
chī qīng chūn fàn
Pinyin

Definition

吃青春饭
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chī qīng chūn fàn
  1. to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)

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])
吃饭
chī fàn
  1. 1 to have a meal
  2. 2 to eat
  3. 3 to make a living
春晚
Chūn Wǎn
  1. 1 abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chūn jié Lián huān Wǎn huì]
春节
Chūn jié
  1. 1 Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
青春
qīng chūn
  1. 1 youth
  2. 2 youthfulness
吃力
chī lì
  1. 1 to entail strenuous effort
  2. 2 to toil at a task
  3. 3 strenuous
  4. 4 laborious
  5. 5 strain
吃吃
chī chī
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)
  2. 2 sound of stammering
吃喝
chī hē
  1. 1 to eat and drink
  2. 2 food and drink
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
  1. 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吃完
chī wán
  1. 1 to finish eating
吃掉
chī diào
  1. 1 to eat up
  2. 2 to consume
吃素
chī sù
  1. 1 to be a vegetarian
吃苦
chī kǔ
  1. 1 to bear hardships
吃药
chī yào
  1. 1 to take medicine
吃亏
chī kuī
  1. 1 to suffer losses
  2. 2 to come to grief
  3. 3 to lose out
  4. 4 to get the worst of it
  5. 5 to be at a disadvantage
  6. 6 unfortunately
吃醋
chī cù
  1. 1 to feel jealous
吃饱
chī bǎo
  1. 1 to eat one's fill
大吃大喝
dà chī dà hē
  1. 1 to eat and drink as much as one likes
  2. 2 to make a pig of oneself
好吃
hǎo chī
  1. 1 tasty
  2. 2 delicious
小吃
xiǎo chī
  1. 1 snack
  2. 2 refreshments
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]

Idioms (20)

一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
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
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
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.
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
  1. 1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to lead a pampered life
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 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
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
吃人血馒头
chī rén xuè mán tou
  1. 1 to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
吃力不讨好
chī lì bù tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
  1. 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
  1. 1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
  1. 1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
吃熊心豹子胆
chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn
  1. 1 to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom)
  2. 2 to pluck up some courage
吃粮不管事
chī liáng bù guǎn shì
  1. 1 to eat without working (idiom)
  2. 2 to take one's pay and not care about the rest
吃苦耐劳
chī kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
吃着碗里，看着锅里
chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ
  1. 1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
  2. 2 not content with what one already has
  3. 3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye

Sample Sentences

跳了一天，腿不行了。哎，看来演僵尸也是吃青春饭啊。
tiào le yī tiān ，tuǐ bù xíng le 。āi ，kànlai yǎn jiāng shī yě shì chī qīngchūnfàn a 。
I've been hopping all day long. My legs are just about busted. Looks like playing a zombie is a job for young people!
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