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讨饭吃

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Strokes
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Collocation

1
向……讨饭吃
2
捧着金饭碗讨饭吃
3
守着金山讨饭吃
4
抱着金砖讨饭吃

Definition

讨饭吃

Literally means:

beg for food

Actually means:

seek help from others

It literally means begging for food. It figuratively means asking others to provide the resources for living or development, usually financial support or help. Derogatory.

向别人要饭吃。比喻请求别人提供生存或发展的条件。多指请求物质上的支持或帮助。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or object, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、宾语,中间可以插入别的词语)
1
Shuí
dōu
zhīdào
知道
  
,
zhēnzhèng
真正
yǒu
骨气
de
rén
jiùshì
就是
è
饿
le
huì
不会
xiàng
biéren
别人
tǎofàn
讨饭
chī
  

Everyone knows that a man who is truly bone-chilling is starving to death and does not ask others for food.

2
yǒu
shǒu
一手
zhù
jiàn
de
juéhuó
绝活
yòng
利用
  
,
què
piānpiān
偏偏
dàochù
到处
shēnshǒu
伸手
tǎofàn
讨饭
chī
  
,
shízài
实在
tài
不可思议
le
  

He has a hand cast sword of the life does not use, but partial everywhere reach for food, it is incredible.

3
Zhège
这个
ōu
地区
méiyǒu
没有
chōngfèn
充分
yòng
利用
xiān
祖先
liúxià
留下
de
wénhuà
文化
chǎn
遗产
lái
kāi
开发
zhǒng
各种
xiāngguān
相关
de
chǎn
产业
  
,
réng
zài
shǒu
zhāo
jīn
wǎn
tǎofàn
讨饭
chī
  
,
zhè
zěnme
怎么
néng
zhǎn
发展
ne
  
?

How can this area not make full use of the cultural heritage left behind by its ancestors to develop various related industries and still keep the golden bowl for food?