chī
variant of 吃
to eat
to have one's meal
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
to exhaust
chī bù dào pú tao shuō pú tao suān
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop)
lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
kào shān chī shān , kào shuǐ chī shuǐ
The mountain dweller lives from the mountain, the shore dweller lives from the sea. (idiom)
to make the best use of local resources
fig. to exploit one's position to advance oneself
to find one's niche
to live off the land
zuò chī xiǎng fú
vegetative existence
to consume passively without doing anything useful