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吃白食
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

吃白食 [chībáishí]
  1. 1. eat food that isn't earned; not earn an honest living; live off others
    他不务正业,惯吃白食
    He does not do any honest work and lives off others.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

吃白食 [chībáishí]
  1. 1. 指白吃人家的东西。

Examples

我不喜欢那些吃白食的人。
I don't like those who are prone to live off other people.
要自食其力,不要吃白食

Word Decomposition


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