to eat with chopsticks; to start a meal
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to pick up food with chopsticks and eat; to begin eating
literaryA formal or literary term used to describe the act of beginning to eat, often found in written Chinese or formal speech. It implies the specific action of using chopsticks to take food.
Miàn面
duì对
mǎn满
zhuō桌
jiā佳
yáo肴
，
tā他
què却
chí迟
chí迟
wèi未
néng能
xià下
zhù箸
。
Faced with a table full of delicacies, he hesitated for a long time before picking up his chopsticks.
Zhè这
shì是
wǒ我
zuì最
ài爱
chī吃
de的
cài菜
，
wǒ我
xiān先
xià下
zhù箸
le了
。
This is my favorite dish, so I'll start eating first.
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Tā他
yīn因
xīn心
shì事
chóng重
chóng重
ér而
jǔ举
zhù箸
bù不
dìng定
，
shǐ始
zhōng终
wèi未
céng曾
xià下
zhù箸
。
He was so preoccupied with worries that he held his chopsticks indecisively, never actually taking a bite.