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吃乾抹淨
简 吃干抹净 · 繁 吃乾抹淨Mandarin · pinyin chī gān mā jìng
Meanings
- (idiom) to devour (food)
- (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit
Characters in this entry
- 吃
- chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
- 乾
- qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
- 抹
- mǒ · smear, apply, wipe off, erase
- 淨
- jìng · pure, clean, unspoiled
- 干
- gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried
- 净
- jìng · clean, pure; cleanse
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Mandarin tones
1–1–1–4 · chi1 gan1 ma1 jing4
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verb
- to completely exploit; to take full advantage of
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