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])
吃
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乞
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口
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Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.
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乞
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口
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Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.
饭
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反
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饣
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In the anthill's bathroom (an4) the protester (反) is protesting against the eating of Chinese crullers (饣) because they are so unhealthy. He rather wants Frankenstein's Monster (f) to eat a healthy raw vegan salad (饭). Frankenstein's Monster is quite happy with his cruller and beats the protester with his cruller on the head to let him know that his suggestions are not welcome.
eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure / to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means