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吃chī 饭fàn

Trad. 吃飯

to have a meal
to eat
to make a living

🖌️ 吃 Strokes 🖌️ 饭 Strokes

分fēn 灶zào 吃chī 饭fàn

Trad. 分竈吃飯

"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC

🖌️ 分 Strokes 🖌️ 灶 Strokes 🖌️ 吃 Strokes 🖌️ 饭 Strokes

看kàn 菜cài 吃chī 饭fàn

Trad. 看菜吃飯

lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom)
fig. to act according to actual circumstances

🖌️ 看 Strokes 🖌️ 菜 Strokes 🖌️ 吃 Strokes 🖌️ 饭 Strokes

吃chī 饭fàn 皇huáng 帝dì 大dà

Trad. 吃飯皇帝大

eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)

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看kàn 菜cài 吃chī 饭fàn，量liàng 体tǐ 裁cái 衣yī

Trad. 看菜吃飯，量體裁衣

lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
fig. to act according to actual circumstances

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