get special treatment; preferential treatment
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to eat better food than others in a shared living situation; to get special/favored treatment
informalOriginally literal, now almost always used metaphorically to describe receiving unfair advantages, extra resources, or preferential treatment that others do not get. Can have a slight negative connotation of unfairness. The variant "吃偏食 (chī piān shí)" is equally common.
Lǎo老
shī师
bù不
néng能
zǒng总
gěi给
chéng成
jì绩
hǎo好
de的
xué学
shēng生
chī吃
piān偏
fàn饭
。
Teachers shouldn't always give preferential treatment to students with good grades.
Tā他
shì是
lǎo老
bǎn板
de的
qīn亲
qī戚
，
zài在
gōng公
sī司
lǐ里
jīng经
cháng常
chī吃
piān偏
fàn饭
。
He's the boss's relative and often gets special treatment in the company.
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Zhè这
ge个
xiàng项
mù目
zī资
yuán源
yǒu有
xiàn限
，
wǒ我
men们
bù不
néng能
ràng让
rèn任
hé何
yī一
gè个
tuán团
duì队
chī吃
piān偏
fàn饭
。
This project has limited resources; we can't let any team get preferential treatment.
Xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
jiā家
lǐ里
qióng穷
，
dì弟
di弟
shēn身
tǐ体
ruò弱
，
mā妈
ma妈
zǒng总
shì是
gěi给
tā他
chī吃
piān偏
fàn饭
。
When we were young and the family was poor, my younger brother was frail, so mom always gave him better food.