吃不了兜着走

Traditional: 吃不了兜著走

chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu

Dictionary entry

lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)

What does 吃不了兜着走 mean?

吃不了兜着走 (chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

2fig. you'll have to take the consequences

Character breakdown

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吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-了le(completed action marker) · (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)兜dōupocket · bag 着zhāovariant of 著|着[zhao1]走zǒuto walk · to go

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