吃干醋
chī​gān​cù

to be jealous for no reason

  • created reference approved 吃干醋/吃乾醋 → 吃醋 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃干醋 / 吃乾醋 chī​gān​cù

    吃醋 chī​cù

    see

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  • created sense approved 吃干醋/吃乾醋 · chī​gān​cù · to be jealous for no reason — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃干醋 / 吃乾醋

    chī​gān​cù

    to be jealous for no reason

    To be jealous or green with envy over something that has nothing to do with oneself; to be baseless or pointlessly envious.

    吃, 干醋

    吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to suffer 干 (literal) → 干/乾 · gān · for nothing 醋 (literal) → 醋 · cù · jealousy

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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