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吃香喝辣

Mandarin · pinyin chī xiāng hē là

lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
fig. to live well

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吃: chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
香: xiāng · fragrant, sweet-smelling; incense; Kangxi radical 186
喝: hē · drink; shout, call out
辣: là · peppery, pungent, hot; cruel

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1–1–1–4 · chi1 xiang1 he1 la4

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