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吃不开

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Collocation

1
真的吃不开
2
很吃不开
3
一点也吃不开

Definition

吃不开

Literally means:

eat not open

Actually means:

be unpopular; won't work

It refers to someone who is slighted or not recognized, or something that is not popular or won't work. Its antonym is 吃得开.

指人不被赏识,不被重用,或遭到冷落。也指事物不受欢迎,或受到抵制。相反的意思是“吃得开”。

Example

Used as predicate. (作谓语)
1
chū
起初
zài
dānwèi
单位
diǎn
chībukāi
吃不开
  
,
xiànzài
现在
chī
de
kāi
le
  
Lǐngdǎo
领导
tóngshì
同事
dōu
hěn
kànzhòng
看重
de
cáigàn
才干
  
,
hěnduō
很多
nán
难题
dōu
lái
zhǎo
jiějué
解决
  

At first he couldn't eat at all in the flat, but now he can eat. Leaders and colleagues value his talents, and many difficult problems come to him.

2
tào
guǎn
rén
de
思路
bàn
办法
chī
bu
kāi
le
  
,
mǎi
zhàng
de
xuésheng
学生
yuèláiyuè
越来越
duō
le
  

His set of "tube man" ideas and methods can not eat open, do not buy more and more students.

3
Zhè
这部
yǐngpiàn
影片
suīrán
虽然
zài
guó
国际
shàng
de
guòjiǎng
过奖
  
,
dàn
zài
guónèi
国内
què
chībukāi
吃不开
  
,
kàn
de
rén
hěn
shǎo
  

Although the film has won international awards, but in the domestic but can not eat, see very few people.

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