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1 to gorge oneself with food

1 lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)

2 amenable to coaxing but not coercion

1 to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit

2 fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more

1 susceptible to force but not persuasion

1 lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom)

2 fig. to make the best use of local resources

3 to exploit one's position to advance oneself

4 to find one's niche

5 to live off the land

1 unmoved by force or persuasion

1 taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish

1 (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine

2 (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual

3 abnormal

1 (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)

2 sound of stammering

1 having nothing better to do

1 to be refused entrance (idiom)

2 to find the door closed

1 to be given special treatment

2 to be treated in a favored way

1 to be popular

2 to be getting on well

3 much in demand

1 to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine)

2 (of sb who has no income) to rely on others

3 to demand a "contribution" or "loan" from a business or wealthy individual

1 lit. to eat from government coffers

2 to serve as a government employee

3 to live off government money

1 (fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc)

1 food sample

1 sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics

1 to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled

2 gobsmacked

1 utmost effort