吃开口饭
chī​kāi​kǒu​fàn

to make a living through speaking or performing

  • created sense approved 吃开口饭/吃開口飯 · chī​kāi​kǒu​fàn · to make a living through speaking or performing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃开口饭 / 吃開口飯

    chī​kāi​kǒu​fàn

    to make a living through speaking or performing

    To earn a living using one's voice or speaking skills, such as by performing opera, storytelling, or crosstalk.

    吃, 开口饭

    吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to live on 开口 (literal) → 开口/開口 · kāi​kǒu · to open one's mouth 饭 (literal) → 饭/飯 · fàn · meal

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

    created sense