吃醋
chī cù
Pinyin

Definition

吃醋
 - 
chī cù
  1. to feel jealous

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])
吃吃
chī chī
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)
  2. 2 sound of stammering
吃完
chī wán
  1. 1 to finish eating
吃掉
chī diào
  1. 1 to eat up
  2. 2 to consume
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
吃饭
chī fàn
  1. 1 to have a meal
  2. 2 to eat
  3. 3 to make a living
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]
醋
cù
  1. 1 vinegar
  2. 2 jealousy (in love rivalry)
乱吃
luàn chī
  1. 1 to eat indiscriminately
偷吃
tōu chī
  1. 1 to eat on the sly
  2. 2 to pilfer food
  3. 3 to be unfaithful
半瓶醋
bàn píng cù
  1. 1 dabbler
  2. 2 dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
口吃
kǒu chī
  1. 1 to stammer
  2. 2 to stutter
  3. 3 also pr. [kǒu jí]
可吃
kě chī
  1. 1 edible
吃不下
chī bu xià
  1. 1 not feel like eating
  2. 2 be unable to eat any more
吃不消
chī bu xiāo
  1. 1 to be unable to tolerate or endure
  2. 2 to find sth difficult to manage

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.
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
哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])

Sample Sentences

吃醋？你所有的用户名和密码都在我手里哟。
chīcù ？nǐ suǒyǒu de yònghùmíng hé mìmǎ dōu zài wǒ shǒulǐ yō 。
Jealous? Come on, I already have your username and password.
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嘿，你是不是吃醋了！
hēi ，nǐ shì bùshì chīcù le ！
Hey, are you jealous?!
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因为吃醋很酸，所以吃醋也是"忌妒"的意思。
yīnwèi chīcù hěn suān ，suǒyǐ chīcù yě shì "jìdu "de yìsi 。
Because vinegar is sour, 'eating vinegar' also means 'to be jealous'.
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吃醋
chīcù
to eat vinegar
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我老婆很会吃醋。一看到我跟别的女人说话，她就会不高兴。
wǒ lǎopó hěn huì chīcù 。yī kàndào wǒ gēn bié de nǚrén shuōhuà ，tā jiù huì bù gāoxìng 。
My wife gets jealous easily. The minute she sees me talking to another woman, she's unhappy.
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我夸一个男明星长得帅，他就吃醋了。
wǒ kuā yī ge nán míngxīng zhǎng de shuài ，tā jiù chīcù le 。
I said a male celebrity was handsome, and he got jealous.
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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？
yō ，kànlai nín shì ge chīcù zhuānjiā a ！nà wǒ kě děi kǎokao nǐ le ，zhège cù chúle yòngyú chī yǐwài ，háiyǒu shénme yòngtú ne ？
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?
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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？
dédédé ，Zhào lǎoshī ，bùkuì shì lǎoqiánbèi ，méi ràng wǒ gěi rào jìnqù 。qíshí jīntiān wǒmen de huàtí jiùshì “cù de miàoyòng ”。nín píngshí yǒu shénme guānyú chīcù de xiǎo qiàomén ma ？
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?
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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......
yō ，nǐ zhè wèntí kě gòu jiānruì de ，ràng wǒ juéde yǒu xiánwàizhīyīn a ！chīcù ma ，yào kàn shì Zhènjiāng xiāngcù hái shì Shānxī lǎochéncù ，shì píngguǒ cù hái shì méizǐ cù ，háiyàokàn shì zuò tángcùpáigǔ hái shì xīhúcùyú ，hái děi jiǎngjiu ......
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--
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赵老师，您喜欢吃醋吗？
Zhào lǎoshī ，nín xǐhuan chīcù ma ？
Mr. Zhao, do you like to eat vinegar?
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