开动 開動 kāi dòng to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating) syn 饮食 飲食 yǐn shí eating and drinking / food and drink / diet syn 螃蟹 páng xiè crab / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 钳子 鉗子 qián zi pliers / pincers / tongs / forceps / vise / clamp / claw (of a crab etc) / CL:把[ba3] / (dialect) earring syn 禁食 jìn shí to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast 吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked 寄居蟹 jì jū xiè hermit crab syn 后盖 後蓋 hòu gài back cover / shell (of crab etc) 花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) syn 灵猫 靈貓 líng māo civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet) 蟹黄 蟹黃 xiè huáng the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy) 因噎废食 因噎廢食 yīn yē fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk syn 海棠 hǎi táng Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis) 好吃 hào chī to be fond of eating / to be gluttonous syn 吃完 chī wán to finish eating 新天地 xīn tiān dì Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai) 吃不下 chī bu xià not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more 食人 shí rén man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people 采食 採食 cǎi shí to forage / to gather for eating / to pick and eat 吃坏 吃壞 chī huài to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating 河蟹 hé xiè river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China) syn 辟谷 辟穀 pì gǔ to abstain from eating cereals (Taoist practice) / to fast 吃斋 吃齋 chī zhāi to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian syn 饱足 飽足 bǎo zú to be full (after eating) 壳 殼 ké (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device) syn 脐 臍 qí (bound form) the navel / the umbilicus / (bound form) the belly flap of a crab / apron syn 蟹肉 xiè ròu crab meat 阴虱 陰虱 yīn shī crab louse / pubic louse 螯 áo nippers / claw (of crab) / chela / pincers / Astacus fluviatilis 柰 nài Chinese pear-leaved crab-apple syn 蟊 máo Spanish fly / grain-eating grub 饱食终日 飽食終日 bǎo shí zhōng rì to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work) syn 寅吃卯粮 寅吃卯糧 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later syn 鲎 鱟 hòu horseshoe crab syn 饫 飫 yù full (as of eating) 蛑 móu marine crab 食言而肥 shí yán ér féi lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises syn 猸 méi used for ferret, badger or mongoose 蟳 xún (hairy sea-crab) 虾兵蟹将 蝦兵蟹將 xiā bīng xiè jiàng shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom) syn 蠏 xiè variant of 蟹 crab 蟹黄水 蟹黃水 xiè huáng shuǐ crab roe / crab spawn / (used for crab meat in general) 吃腻 吃膩 chī nì to be sick of eating (sth) / to be tired of eating (sth) 灰獴 huī měng gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) 猸子 méi zi mongoose syn 獴 měng mongoose / Taiwan pr. [meng2] 灵猫类 靈貓類 líng māo lèi a civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet) 蜅 fǔ crab 和乐蟹 和樂蟹 hé lè xiè Hele crab 横爬行 橫爬行 héng pá xíng to walk sideways / crab-wise 海棠花 hǎi táng huā Chinese flowering crab-apple (Malus spectabilis) 溪蟹 xī xiè crab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs 绒螯蟹 絨螯蟹 róng áo xiè mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) 螃蠏 páng xiè variant of 螃蟹 crab 蟹状星云 蟹狀星雲 xiè zhuàng xīng yún Crab Nebula 蟹粉 xiè fěn crab meat 蟹酱 蟹醬 xiè jiàng crab paste 马蹄蟹 馬蹄蟹 mǎ tí xiè horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) 招潮蟹 zhāo cháo xiè fiddler crab (genus Uca) 红蟹 hóng xiè red crab 雪蟹 xuě xiè snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) 步足 bù zú ambulatory leg (of a crab, lobster, spider etc) 相手蟹 xiāng shǒu xiè crab of family Sesarmidae 鲎鱼 鱟魚 hòu yú horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) 下腰 xià yāo (gymnastics) to do a bridge / to do a crab 蟛蜞 péng qí crab of family Sesarmidae 避风塘 避風塘 bì fēng táng typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans 吃不服 chī bu fú not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food syn 歁 kǎn unsatisfied (of eating) 嗿 tǎn sound of many people eating 冗食 rǒng shí eating without working 多吃多占 多吃多佔 duō chī duō zhàn taking or eating more than one's due (idiom) / greedy and selfish 狂饮暴食 狂飲暴食 kuáng yǐn bào shí drunken gluttony (idiom) / eating and drinking to excess 辍食吐哺 輟食吐哺 chuò shí tǔ bǔ to stop eating and spit out 食人鲨 食人鯊 shí rén shā man-eating shark / same as 大白鯊|大白鲨[da4 bai2 sha1], great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) 馕糟 饢糟 nǎng zāo to stuff oneself with forage / forage eating livestock 大胃王 dà wèi wáng eating champion 狗改不了吃屎 gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change 过胖暴食症 過胖暴食症 guò pàng bào shí zhèng binge eating disorder (BED) 鉝 lì a kind of eating utensil / (old) (Italian) lira (loanword) / livermorium (chemistry) 食之无味，弃之可惜 食之無味，棄之可惜 shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them 饭替 飯替 fàn tì body double (in eating scenes) 吃饭皇帝大 吃飯皇帝大 chī fàn huáng dì dà eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw) 开吃 開吃 kāi chī to start eating 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income 是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛 是騾子是馬，牽出來遛遛 shì luó zi shì mǎ , qiān chū lai liù liu lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom) / fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating / to show what one is made of 吃播 chī bō mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience 含饴弄孙 含飴弄孫 hán yí nòng sūn lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom) / fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age 吃屎都赶不上热乎的 吃屎都趕不上熱乎的 chī shǐ dōu gǎn bu shàng rè hu de lit. if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (idiom) / fig. (of a person) too slow / can't keep up 犼 hǒu mythical man-eating creature resembling a dog 辟谷 辟穀 bì gǔ (Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals / to fast / also pr. [pi4gu3] 电子榨菜 電子榨菜 diàn zǐ zhà cài (slang) entertaining content such as Internet videos and TV shows that people watch while eating 吃伤 吃傷 chī shāng to become sick of a food after eating it too much 