吃

（吃东西） eat; take; make:

• 匆匆吃顿午饭

  make a hasty lunch;

• 吃酒

  drink wine;

• 吃苹果

  eat an apple;

• 吃糖

  have some sweets;

• 吃喜酒

  go to wedding feast; attend the wedding banquet;

• 吃药

  take medicine

（在某一出售食物的地方吃） have one's meals; eat:

• 吃食堂

  have one's meals in the mess

（依靠某种事物来生活） live on [off]:

• 吃利钱

  live on interest;

• 靠山吃山，靠水吃水。

  Mountaineers rely on the mountains, just like those by the waterside profit from water.; If you live on a mountain, you live off the mountain; if you live by the water, you live off the water.

（多用于军事、棋戏: 消灭） annihilate;wipe out:

• 吃掉敌人一个团

  annihilate an enemy regiment;

• 吃一个子儿

  take a piece (in chess)

（耗费） exhaust; be a strain:

• 感到吃力

  feel the strain (of work, etc.); find a job difficult

（吸收液体） absorb; soak up:

• 这块地不吃水。

  This plot does not take in water.

• 这种纸不吃墨。

  This kind of paper does not absorb ink.

（受; 挨） suffer; incur:

• 吃批评

  be criticized;

• 连吃败仗

  suffer one defeat after another;

• 腿上吃了一枪

  get shot in the leg;

• 吃了他一拳。

  He gave (me) a blow.

（多见于早期白话: 被） by:

• 吃那厮骗了

  was swindled by that fellow