胡吃海喝

Mandarin · pinyin hú chī hǎi hē

Meanings

  1. to eat and drink gluttonously
  2. to pig out
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胡
hú · recklessly, foolishly; wildly
吃
chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
海
hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime
喝
hē · drink; shout, call out
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2–1–3–1 · hu2 chi1 hai3 he1

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wu4 hek3 hoi2 hot3

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