讨饭
tǎo fàn
Pinyin

Definition

讨饭
 - 
tǎo fàn
  1. to ask for food
  2. to beg

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吃饭
chī fàn
  1. 1 to have a meal
  2. 2 to eat
  3. 3 to make a living
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner
晚饭
wǎn fàn
  1. 1 evening meal
  2. 2 dinner
  3. 3 supper
  4. 4 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]
讨厌
tǎo yàn
  1. 1 to dislike
  2. 2 to loathe
  3. 3 disagreeable
  4. 4 troublesome
  5. 5 annoying
饭
fàn
  1. 1 cooked rice
  2. 2 CL:碗[wǎn]
  3. 3 meal
  4. 4 CL:頓|顿[dùn]
  5. 5 (loanword) fan
  6. 6 devotee
中饭
zhōng fàn
  1. 1 lunch
乞讨
qǐ tǎo
  1. 1 to beg
  2. 2 to go begging
做饭
zuò fàn
  1. 1 to prepare a meal
  2. 2 to cook
午饭
wǔ fàn
  1. 1 lunch
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]
探讨
tàn tǎo
  1. 1 to investigate
  2. 2 to probe
早饭
zǎo fàn
  1. 1 breakfast
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]
检讨
jiǎn tǎo
  1. 1 to examine or inspect
  2. 2 self-criticism
  3. 3 review
泡饭
pào fàn
  1. 1 to soak cooked rice in soup or water
  2. 2 cooked rice reheated in boiling water
炒饭
chǎo fàn
  1. 1 fried rice
  2. 2 (slang) (Tw) to have sex
煮饭
zhǔ fàn
  1. 1 to cook
盒饭
hé fàn
  1. 1 meal in a partitioned box
稀饭
xī fàn
  1. 1 porridge
  2. 2 gruel
米饭
mǐ fàn
  1. 1 (cooked) rice
讨
tǎo
  1. 1 to invite
  2. 2 to provoke
  3. 3 to demand or ask for
  4. 4 to send armed forces to suppress
  5. 5 to denounce or condemn
  6. 6 to marry (a woman)
  7. 7 to discuss or study
讨好
tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 to get the desired outcome
  2. 2 to win favor by fawning on sb
  3. 3 to curry favor with
  4. 4 a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor

Idioms (20)

三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
人是铁饭是钢
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
  1. 1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
  2. 2 an empty sack cannot stand upright
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
吃力不讨好
chī lì bù tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
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
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
  1. 1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
东征西讨
dōng zhēng xī tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
东讨西征
dōng tǎo xī zhēng
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
残茶剩饭
cán chá shèng fàn
  1. 1 spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal
  2. 2 crumbs from the feast
生米做成熟饭
shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
  3. 3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 the rice is cooked
  2. 2 what's done is done
  3. 3 it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
生米熟饭
shēng mǐ shú fàn
  1. 1 abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
  1. 1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
  2. 2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  2. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means
自讨苦吃
zì tǎo kǔ chī
  1. 1 to ask for trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to make a rod for one's own back
茶饭不思
chá fàn bù sī
  1. 1 no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite
茶饭无心
chá fàn wú xīn
  1. 1 no heart for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
  2. 2 to have no appetite
讨好卖乖
tǎo hǎo mài guāi
  1. 1 to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
费力不讨好
fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding

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