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吃素

chī sù

2-character word

What 吃素 means

1. to be a vegetarian

The characters in 吃素

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 素sùraw silk; white; plain, unadorned

Example sentences

• 我是吃素的。
  Wǒ shì chīsù de.
  I am a vegetarian.
• 我的朋友是吃素的，可是我没有告诉他汤里有肉。
  Wǒ de péngyou shì chīsù de, kěshì wǒ méiyǒu gàosu tā tāng lǐ yǒu ròu.
  Even though my friend was a vegetarian, I didn't tell him that the soup had some meat in it.

Words containing 吃素

• 不是吃素的bù shì chī sù denot to be trifled with; to be reckoned with