吃土

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Chinese

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eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
 
simp. and trad.
(吃土)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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吃⫽土 (verb-object)

  1. (slang, intransitive, figurative) to be poor as a church mouse; to be very poor