to laugh so hard one spits out rice; extremely funny
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to be so funny that one spits out one's food; to be hilarious
literaryOriginally describes a literal action of spitting out rice while laughing during a meal. Now used idiomatically to describe something extremely amusing or absurd. Often appears in the phrase "令人喷饭" (makes one laugh hard enough to spit out their food).
Tā他
de的
biǎo表
yǎn演
tài太
huá滑
jī稽
le了
，
jiǎn简
zhí直
lìng令
rén人
pēn喷
fàn饭
。
His performance was so hilarious it was laugh-out-loud funny.
Nà那
ge个
huāng荒
dàn诞
de的
lǐ理
yóu由
ràng让
rén人
tīng听
le了
pēn喷
fàn饭
。
That absurd reason was utterly laughable.
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Tā他
mó模
fǎng仿
jīng经
lǐ理
shuō说
huà话
de的
yàng样
zi子
，
ràng让
wǒ我
men们
chà差
diǎn点
pēn喷
fàn饭
。
His imitation of the manager's way of speaking almost made us spit out our food with laughter.