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吃不了兜着走

chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu

6-character word Traditional 吃不了兜著走

What 吃不了兜着走 means

1. lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)
2. fig. you'll have to take the consequences

The characters in 吃不了兜着走

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 兜dōupocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag
• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run