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吃乾抹淨

简吃干抹净 · 繁吃乾抹淨

Mandarin · pinyin chī gān mā jìng

(idiom) to devour (food)
(idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit

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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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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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