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吃飯皇帝大

简吃饭皇帝大 · 繁吃飯皇帝大

Mandarin · pinyin chī fàn huáng dì dà

eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)

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吃: chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
飯: fàn · cooked rice; food; meal
皇: huáng · royal, imperial; ruler, superior
帝: dì · supreme ruler, emperor; god
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
饭: fàn · cooked rice; food, meal

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1–4–2–4–4 · chi1 fan4 huang2 di4 da4

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