吃软饭 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

吃了……的软饭

2

吃软饭的男人

3

吃软饭的日子

4

吃软饭的生活

5

喜欢/不喜欢吃软饭

6

不再吃软饭

Definition

吃软饭

Literally means:

eat soft rice

Actually means:

lead a parasitic life on a womanan

It means that a man depends totally in finance on a woman. It is contemptuous and critical. Derogatory.

指男人在经济上完全依靠女人。含有轻蔑、批评的态度。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as subject, predicate, object or attributive. It can be used with other words in between. (作主语、谓语、宾语、定语，中间可以插入别的词语)

1

Tā

他

shuō

说

,

nánrén

男人

jiùshì

就是

è

饿

sǐ

死

le

了

yě

也

bù

不

néng

能

chīruǎnfàn

吃软饭

,

fǒuzé

否则

huì

会

yībèizi

一辈子

bèi

被

rén

人

kànbuqǐ

看不起

。

He said that men are starving to death and can not eat soft rice, otherwise they will be looked down upon for life.

2

Tā

他

guò

过

guàn

惯

le

了

chīruǎnfàn

吃软饭

de

的

shēnghuó

生活

,

yīdàn

一旦

bèi

被

nǚrén

女人

pāoqì

抛弃

,

jiù

就

huì

会

lìkè

立刻

xiànrù

陷入

kùnjìng

困境

。

He was used to eating soft rice, and once abandoned by women, he was immediately in trouble.

3

Wèile

为了

bù

不

ràng

让

biéren

别人

shuō

说

tā

他

chīruǎnfàn

吃软饭

,

tā

他

juédìng

决定

líkāi

离开

tā

他

nǚpéngyou

女朋友

fùqīn

父亲

kāi

开

de

的

gōngsī

公司

,

lìng

另

zhǎo

找

gōngzuò

工作

。

In order not to let others say he had soft food, he decided to leave his girlfriend's father's company and find another job.