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 禁食 jìn shí to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast 吃腻 吃膩 chī nì to be sick of eating (sth) / to be tired of eating (sth) 来去无踪 來去無蹤 lái qù wú zōng come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and leave without a trace 来无影，去无踪 來無影，去無蹤 lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and go without a trace 素面朝天 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice 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 不劳而获 不勞而獲 bù láo ér huò (idiom) to reap without sowing / to get sth without working for it / to sponge off others syn 偷拍 tōu pāi to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge 直达 直達 zhí dá to reach (a place) directly / (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping / (of a train, flight etc) direct / nonstop syn 无望 無望 wú wàng without hope / hopeless / without prospects 径自 徑自 jìng zì without leave / without consulting anyone syn 平添 píng tiān to add or gain sth without additional effort / to add sth without good cause syn 顺产 順產 shùn chǎn to give birth without complications / easy childbirth / safe delivery / natural birth (without surgical operation) 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 裸机 裸機 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription 不打自招 bù dǎ zì zhāo to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress syn 并行不悖 並行不悖 bìng xíng bù bèi to run in parallel without hindrance / not mutually exclusive / two processes can be implemented without conflict 食古不化 shí gǔ bù huà to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject syn 师出无名 師出無名 shī chū wú míng lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom) / to act without justification syn 不经意间 不經意間 bù jīng yì jiān without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently 巧妇难为无米之炊 巧婦難為無米之炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom) / You won't get anywhere without equipment. 殒身不恤 殞身不恤 yǔn shēn bù xù to die without regrets (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself without hesitation 没头没脸 沒頭沒臉 méi tóu méi liǎn lit. without head, without face (idiom) / fig. frenzily / haphazardly 无的放矢 無的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ to shoot without aim (idiom) / fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark 无风不起浪 無風不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire 一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance) / alone (without company) 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆 學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆 xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dài To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius) 空穴来风未必无因 空穴來風未必無因 kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn wind does not come from an empty cave without reason / there's no smoke without fire (idiom) 马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富 mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom) 缠绵不已 纏綿不已 chán mián bù yǐ to cling without letting go / to pester without end / to cling lovingly to each other 崽卖爷田不心疼 崽賣爺田不心疼 zǎi mài yé tián bù xīn téng lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom) / fig. to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥 rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed 光杆司令 光桿司令 guāng gǎn sī lìng commander without any soldiers / (fig.) leader without a team / solo entrepreneur syn 博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì - mǎi lǘ (idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey" / to write at length without ever getting to the point 白嫖 bái piáo to visit a prostitute without paying / (slang) to consume a service without paying 饮食 飲食 yǐn shí eating and drinking / food and drink / diet syn 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 吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked 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 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 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) 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 饫 飫 yù full (as of eating) 蟊 máo Spanish fly / grain-eating grub 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 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 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 蟹獴 xiè měng crab-eating mongoose 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 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 北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit 吃粮不管事 吃糧不管事 chī liáng bù guǎn shì to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest 农业统计工作组 nóng yè tǒng jì gōng zuò zǔ Inter-American Statistical Institute (IASI) / FAO Working Group on Agricultural Statistics / Working Group on Agricultural Statistics 技术合作主任工作组 Technical Cooperation Administrator Working Group / TCA Working Group 欧盟理事会恐怖主义问题工作组 European Union Council Working Party on Terrorism / Council Working Party on Terrorism 两性平等和人道主义行动工作分组 Sub-Working Group on Gender and Humanitarian Action / Gender Sub-Working Group 全球指标技术工作组 Technical Working Group on Global Indicators for resolution 1325 (2000) / Technical Working Group on Global Indicators 执行委员会工作方法问题工作组 Working Group on Executive Committee Working Methods 安全理事会儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 根据任择议定书提出的来文工作组 根據任擇議定書提出的來文工作組 Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol 下落不明人员问题工作组 Working Group on Missing Persons / Working Group on Unaccounted-for Persons 失踪人员问题工作组 shī zōng rén yuán wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Missing Persons / Working Group on Unaccounted-for Persons 普遍定期审议机制工作组 普遍定期審議机制工作組 pǔ biàn dìng qī shěn yì jī zhì gōng zuò zǔ Inter-sessional open-ended intergovernmental Working Group to develop the modalities of the universal periodic review mechanism / Working group on the universal periodic review mechanism 侵略罪特别工作组 侵略罪特別工作組 Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression / Special Working Group of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on the Crime of Aggression 妇女地位来文工作组 婦女地位來文工作組 Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women / Working Group on Communications 手工开采砂矿钻石问题工作组 手工開采砂礦鉆石問題工作組 Working Group on Artisanal Alluvial Production / Working Group of Artisanal Alluvial Producers; 人道主义问题工作组 人道主義問題工作組 rén dào zhǔ yì wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Humanitarian Issues / Humanitarian Issues Working Group 工作方法问题工作组 工作方法問題工作組 gōng zuò fāng fǎ wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Working Methods 准备和应急规划工作分组 準備和應急規劃工作分組 Sub-Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning / IASC Sub-Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning 