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生吃

shēng chī

2-character word

What 生吃 means

1. to eat raw

The characters in 生吃

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy

Example sentences

• 你能生吃牡蛎吗？
  Nǐ néng shēng chī mǔlì ma?
  Can you eat raw oysters?
• 卷心菜可以生吃。
  Juǎnxīncài kěyǐ shēng chī.
  The cabbage can be eaten raw.

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