Eating Idioms, Part 1
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ID: QW0187
Intermediate
The Chinese word 吃 (chī) appears in a surprising number of Chinese idioms, some of which are fun, interesting, or just plain super common. There are so many of these that they get their own multi-part series, and in this lesson we start with the ones which refer to actual foods, like soft rice, or vinegar, or tofu. This lesson will be sure to whet your appetite for Chinese food idioms.
Connie,Jen,John
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吃素
chīsù 吃素
to eat vegetarian
我不吃肉我是吃素的
wǒ 我bù 不chī 吃ròu 肉wǒ 我shì 是chīsù 吃素de 的
I don't eat meat. I'm a vegetarian.
比较好欺负
bǐjiào 比较hǎo 好qīfu 欺负
Easy to bully.
我可不是吃素的你要是再敢惹我我就对你不客气
wǒ 我kě 可bù 不shì 是chīsù 吃素de 的nǐ 你yàoshì 要是zài 再gǎn 敢rě 惹wǒ 我wǒ 我jiù 就duì 对nǐ 你bù kèqì 不客气
I'm no weakling. If you keep messing with me, I'm going to stop being civil.
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