Meaning of 吃大户
吃大户 means during famines, for starving peasants to band together to loot grain or demand meals from landlords and the wealthy; to sponge off a well-off person or unit; to freeload under some pretext. Pronounced chī dà hù.
- during famines, for starving peasants to band together to loot grain or demand meals from landlords and the wealthy
- to sponge off a well-off person or unit; to freeload under some pretext
Definitions & Examples
Mín民
guó国
shí时
qī期
，
měi每
féng逢
zāi灾
huāng荒
，
cháng常
yǒu有
jī饥
mín民
chī吃
dà大
hù户
。
During the Republican era, whenever there was a famine, starving peasants often looted the landlords.
Xiǎo小
shuō说
lǐ里
miáo描
xiě写
le了
nóng农
mín民
chī吃
dà大
hù户
de的
bēi悲
zhuàng壮
chǎng场
jǐng景
。
The novel depicts the tragic scene of peasants looting the landlords.
Chī吃
dà大
hù户
shì是
guò过
qù去
nóng农
mín民
fǎn反
kàng抗
de的
yī一
zhǒng种
yuán原
shǐ始
xíng形
shì式
。
'Eating from the big households' was a primitive form of peasant resistance in the past.