用 yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore syn 吃饭 吃飯 chī fàn to have a meal / to eat / to make a living syn 人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn 世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn 用餐 yòng cān to eat a meal syn 进食 進食 jìn shí to eat one's meal syn 素食 sù shí vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 食用 shí yòng to eat / to consume / edible 自食其果 zì shí qí guǒ to eat one's own fruit (idiom) / fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown syn 食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn 自食其力 zì shí qí lì lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living syn 掩人耳目 yǎn rén ěr mù to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes syn 张口 張口 zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request) 白吃 bái chī to eat without paying / to eat for free 饱餐 飽餐 bǎo cān to eat one's fill syn 两全其美 兩全其美 liǎng quán qí měi to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too syn 万众一心 萬眾一心 wàn zhòng yī xīn millions of people all of one mind (idiom) / the people united syn 民生 mín shēng people's livelihood / people's welfare 吃喝 chī hē to eat and drink / food and drink 良民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) syn 吃喝玩乐 吃喝玩樂 chī hē wán lè to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure syn 仗势欺人 仗勢欺人 zhàng shì qī rén to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom) / to kick people around syn 深入人心 shēn rù rén xīn to enter deeply into people's hearts / to have a real impact on the people (idiom) 民情 mín qíng circumstances of the people / popular sentiment / the mood of the people / popular customs syn 有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads syn 嶙峋 lín xún bony (of people) / craggy / rugged (of terrain) / upright (of people) syn 两会 兩會 liǎng huì National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 打游击 打游擊 dǎ yóu jī to wage guerrilla warfare / to fight as a guerrilla / (fig.) (coll.) to live or eat at no fixed place syn 人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal syn 万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people / all the people / everyman 大多数人 大多數人 dà duō shù rén most people / the majority of people 吃掉 chī diào to eat up / to consume syn 吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill 吃肉 chī ròu to eat meat 就着 就著 jiù zhe (eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of / using 吃不下 chī bu xià not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more 吃住 chī zhù food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there) 吃草 chī cǎo to graze / to eat grass 生吃 shēng chī to eat raw 普通老百姓 pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng common people / average people / hoi polloi 亲民 親民 qīn mín in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs 暴食 bào shí to eat too much / to binge 吃食 chī shí to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 狗粮 狗糧 gǒu liáng dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗[dan1 shen1 gou3] forced to "eat" it) 打底 dǎ dǐ to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat 采食 採食 cǎi shí to forage / to gather for eating / to pick and eat 吃不上 chī bu shàng unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal 大快朵颐 大快朵頤 dà kuài duǒ yí to gorge oneself / to eat heartily (idiom) syn 饥不择食 飢不擇食 jī bù zé shí when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) / beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. syn 吃不了兜着走 吃不了兜著走 chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences 鱼与熊掌 魚與熊掌 yú yǔ xióng zhǎng lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it 用饭 用飯 yòng fàn to eat / to have a meal 杀人如麻 殺人如麻 shā rén rú má lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies syn 果腹 guǒ fù to eat one's fill syn 开荤 開葷 kāi hūn to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience 狗咬狗 gǒu yǎo gǒu dog-eat-dog / dogfight 食 shí to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse syn 香 xiāng fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1] syn 餐 cān meal / to eat / classifier for meals syn 饱 飽 bǎo to eat till full / satisfied syn 辈 輩 bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people syn 蚀 蝕 shí to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode syn 美餐 měi cān tasty meal / to eat a satisfying meal 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled syn 大吃大喝 dà chī dà hē to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself syn 嘬 chuài (literary) to gnaw / to eat ravenously syn 茹 rú to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant) syn 哺 餔 bū to eat / evening meal syn 餍 饜 yàn to eat to the full 政通人和 zhèng tōng rén hé efficient government, people at peace (idiom) / all is well with the state and the people syn 大饱口福 大飽口福 dà bǎo kǒu fú to eat one's fill / to have a good meal 吃皇粮 吃皇糧 chī huáng liáng lit. to eat from government coffers / to serve as a government employee / to live off government money 官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom) / a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people syn 熟菜 shú cài cooked food (ready to eat) 馕 饢 nǎng to stuff one's face / to eat greedily syn 侑 yòu (literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink) syn 好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 人 rén person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential syn 别人 別人 bié ren other people / others / other person syn 名 míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn 有人 yǒu rén someone / people / anyone / there is someone there / occupied (as in restroom) 人们 人們 rén men people syn 进行 進行 jìn xíng (of a process etc) to proceed / to be in progress / to be underway / (of people) to carry out / to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march / to advance syn 口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls syn 组 組 zǔ to form / to organize / group / team / classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 人民 rén mín the people / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people / youngster syn 物 wù (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself syn 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn 他人 tā rén another person / sb else / other people syn 人口 rén kǒu population / people syn 