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吃洋饭

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Collocation

1
吃洋饭的日子/时候/生活
2
吃了……的洋饭
3
在……吃洋饭

Definition

吃洋饭:

Literally means:

eat foreign meals, eat western food

Actually means:

have the experience of living abroad

It usually expresses the speaker's disapproval of such behavior.

It means having the experience of living abroad; (esp. in Western countries).

It means (before 1949) working for foreigners, foreign companies or institutions.

多表示说话人看不惯或批评这种行为。

有在国外(特别是在西方国家)生活的经历。

旧时指为外国人、外国公司、机构等办事、工作。

Example

Used as predicate or attributive. (作谓语、定语)
1
de
gōng
工资
gāo
  
,
yòu
yào
jīngcháng
经常
chī
yángfàn
洋饭
  
,
guàibude
怪不得
lǎo
老爸
yào
píng
批评
  

Your salary is not high, but also often go to eat foreign food, no wonder your father to criticize you.

2
Chī
dùn
yángfàn
洋饭
de
qián
děng
等于
xīng
星期
de
gōng
工资
  
,
zhèzhǒng
这种
qián
shěbude
舍不得
huā
  

The money for a meal is equal to my salary for a week.

3
xué
大学
毕业
hòu
以后
  
,
pǎo
dào
guówài
国外
chī
le
nián
yángfàn
洋饭
  
,
hòulái
后来
shízài
实在
dāi
xià
下去
le
  
,
zhǐhǎo
只好
huílai
回来
le
  

After graduating from college, he ran abroad to eat a few years of foreign food, and then really can not stay, had to come back.

4
jiùshì
就是
guò
le
nián
chī
yángfàn
洋饭
de
zi
日子
ma
  
,
xiànzài
现在
jìngrán
竟然
lián
自己
de
guó
祖国
dōu
wàng
le
  
!

Aren't you just a few years old eating foreign food, and now you've forgotten even your motherland!

5
Jiěfàngqián
解放前
  
,
lǎowáng
老王
cóng
běi
湖北
láidào
来到
shànghǎi
上海
chī
yángfàn
洋饭
  
xiān
zài
jiā
yīngguó
英国
gōng
公司
zuò
fān
翻译
  
,
hòulái
后来
yòu
dào
jiā
běn
日本
yángháng
洋行
zuò
jīnróng
金融
gōngzuò
工作
  

Before liberation, Lao Wang came to Shanghai from Hubei to eat foreign food. He first worked as a translator for a British company and later as a financial professional at a Japanese foreign bank.

6
guò
过去
zài
jiā
wàiguó
外国
gōng
公司
chī
yángfàn
洋饭
de
shíhou
时候
  
,
shòu
le
shǎo
不少
  

He used to get a lot of gas when he ate foreign food in a foreign company.