吃素
chī sù
Pinyin

Definition

吃素
 - 
chī sù
  1. to be a vegetarian

Character Decomposition

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
像素
xiàng sù
  1. 1 pixel
元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
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
因素
yīn sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
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)

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.
勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
  1. 1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
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
吃软不吃硬
chī ruǎn bù chī yìng
  1. 1 lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
  2. 2 amenable to coaxing but not coercion
吃闭门羹
chī bì mén gēng
  1. 1 to be refused entrance (idiom)
  2. 2 to find the door closed
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
  1. 1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live well

Sample Sentences

有没有人吃素？
yǒuméiyǒu rén chīsù ？
Is anyone vegeterian?
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对了，你吃素吧？那我们去吃一间好吃的素食餐厅吧！
duìle ，nǐ chīsù ba ？nà wǒmen qù chī yī jiān hǎochī de sùshí cāntīng ba ！
By the way, you are a vegetarian, right? Then let’s go to a nice vegetarian restaurant!
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没办法，我吃素啊。
méi bànfǎ ，wǒ chīsù ā 。
I couldn't have done anything about it, I'm vegetarian.
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我说我吃素，当然是佛教素。
wǒ shuō wǒ chīsù ，dāngrán shì fójiào sù 。
I said I was a vegetarian, of course I meant Buddhist vegetarianism.
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吃素的人各种各样，我真不懂咧！
chīsù de rén gèzhǒnggèyàng ，wǒ zhēn bù dǒng lie ！
There are so many different kinds of vegetarian, I really don't understand much about it!
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我不吃肉，我是吃素的。
wǒ bù chī ròu ，wǒ shì chīsù de 。
I don't eat meat. I'm a vegetarian.
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吃素
chīsù
to eat vegetarian
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我可不是吃素的，你要是再敢惹我，我就对你不客气。
wǒ kě bù shì chīsù de ，nǐ yàoshì zài gǎn rě wǒ ，wǒ jiù duì nǐ bù kèqì 。
I'm no weakling. If you keep messing with me, I'm going to stop being civil.
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我不还手，你就当我是吃素的吗？
wǒ bù huánshǒu ，nǐ jiù dàng wǒ shì chīsù de ma ？
So because I don't fight back, you think I'm a weakling, huh?
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