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吃窑子饭

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吃窑子饭的女人
2
吃了……年窑子饭
3
吃一辈子吃窑子饭
4
只好吃窑子饭
5
不得不吃窑子饭

Definition

吃窑子饭

Literally means:

eat a food in brothel

Actually means:

make a living by prostitution

Before 1949, a brothel was called Yaozi by people in north China.

This phrase means making a living by prostitution. Use of this phrase implies disapproval, contempt and disgust. Sometimes derogatory.

旧社会北方地区称妓院为“窑子”。

吃窑子饭,指女人靠卖淫得到生活费用。具有北方方言色彩。含有不赞同、蔑视、憎恶的意味。有时具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or attributive, and can have other words in between. (作谓语、定语,中间可以插入别的词语)
1
yuánlái
原来
shì
xiāngxia
乡下
qíongrén
穷人
de
ér
女儿
  
,
yīnwèi
因为
jiā
家里
hái
zhài
  
,
13
13
suì
jiù
bèi
mài
dào
liǎo
yuàn
妓院
chī
yáozi
窑子
fàn
  

She turned out to be the daughter of a poor man in the countryside, and because her family couldn't afford to pay her debts, she was sold to a brothel for kiln meals at the age of 13.

2
chī
le
bèizi
一辈子
yáozi
窑子
fàn
  
,
shēnxīn
身心
shòudào
受到
shānghài
伤害
  
,
30
30
suì
chūtóu
出头
jiù
le
  

She ate a lifetime of kiln rice, physically and mentally hurt, died in her 30s.

3
Zhèzhǒng
这种
chī
yáozi
窑子
fàn
de
rén
女人
  
,
yǎn
眼里
zhīyǒu
只有
qián
  
,
buyào
不要
duì
dòng
le
zhēnqíng
真情
  
!

This kind of woman who eats kiln rice, only money in her eyes, you don't want to move the truth about her!