吃吃

(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc) / sound of stammering

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure

to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit / fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more