辍食吐哺 — “Stop eating, spit out food”
辍食吐哺 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to interrupt one's meal and even spit out the food in one's mouth to eagerly welcome an esteemed guest or a person of talent, showing great respect and urgency”. Literally, “stop eating, spit out food”.
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What does 辍食吐哺 mean?
辍食吐哺 (chuò shí tǔ bǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to interrupt one's meal and even spit out the food in one's mouth to eagerly welcome an esteemed guest or a person of talent, showing great respect and urgency”.
How do you pronounce 辍食吐哺?
辍食吐哺 is pronounced chuò shí tǔ bǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 辍食吐哺 literally mean?
Literally, 辍食吐哺 means “stop eating, spit out food”. It is used to mean “to interrupt one's meal and even spit out the food in one's mouth to eagerly welcome an esteemed guest or a person of talent, showing great respect and urgency”.
What is the Chinese definition of 辍食吐哺?
辍：停止；哺：口中的食物。停止用饭，吐出口中含的食物