There is an old Chinese saying, "Food is the most important thing in people's lives", which illustrates the importance of eating in people's lives. Of course, eating is very important for each of us. But in Chinese, we'll find that many of the words associated the character of "eat" have nothing to do with food or the action itself. In today’s story, we are going to discuss the different uses of the character “eat” in Chinese.
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