| 吃不了兜着走 |
chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu |
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences |
| 吃 |
chī |
to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 |
chī |
variant of 吃 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不了 |
bù le |
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) |
| 不了 |
bù liǎo |
(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) / (pattern: {verb} + 个 + ~) without end; incessantly |
| 了 |
le |
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 了) |
| 了 |
liǎo |
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly |
| 了 |
liào |
unofficial variant of 瞭 |
| 兜 |
dōu |
pocket / bag / to wrap up or hold in a bag / to move in a circle / to canvas or solicit / to take responsibility for / to disclose in detail / combat armor (old) |
| 兜 |
dōu |
old variant of 兜 |
| 着 |
zhāo |
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add |
| 着 |
zháo |
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in |
| 着 |
zhe |
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 着 |
zhuó |
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply |
| 走 |
zǒu |
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |