吃香喝辣 — Chinese idiom
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
Meaning
- lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor
- fig. to live well
Character by character
- 吃chīto eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 香xiāngincense; fragrant, aromatic
- 喝hēto drink; to shout, to call out
- 辣làpepper; hot, spicy; cruel
Idioms sharing a character
- 吃干抹净 chī gān mā jìng
- 吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
- 吃大锅饭 chī dà guō fàn
- 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo
- 吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài
- 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng
- 多吃多占 duō chī duō zhàn
- 大吃一惊 dà chī yī jīng
- 好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò
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