xià
zhù

Meaning of 下箸

下箸 means to pick up food with chopsticks and eat; to begin eating. Pronounced xià zhù.

  • to pick up food with chopsticks and eat; to begin eating

Definitions & Examples

Miàn
duì
mǎn
zhuō
jiā
yáo
 
què
chí
chí
wèi
néng
xià
zhù
 

Faced with a table full of delicacies, he hesitated for a long time before picking up his chopsticks.

Zhè
shì
zuì
ài
chī
de
cài
 
xiān
xià
zhù
le
 

This is my favorite dish, so I'll start eating first.

yīn
xīn
shì
chóng
chóng
ér
zhù
dìng
 
shǐ
zhōng
wèi
céng
xià
zhù
 

He was so preoccupied with worries that he held his chopsticks indecisively, never actually taking a bite.

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