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贪吃
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

贪吃 [tānchī]
  1. 1. verb To be fond of good food (好:hào); to glut.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

贪吃 [tānchī]
  1. 1. 嘴馋好(hào)吃;贪图吃好的
    这孩子贪吃得很
    贪吃伤身。

Examples

贪吃,这回把肚子吃坏了。
He's a glutton; he ate himself sick this time.
他就是个老饕, 贪吃成性。
He is just a glutton. He is addicted to excessive eating. 老饕
由于他贪吃高脂肪的食物, 不幸得了脂肪肝。
As he always ate food containing lots of fat, and unfortunately got a fatty liver. 脂肪肝
贪吃
be greedy
贪吃伤身。 贪吃

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