汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 吃干饭
吃干饭 (吃乾飯)
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
亦作"吃干饭"。 谓只吃饭不干事或只会吃饭不会干事。
chī () gàn/gān () fàn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

今天中午吃干饭还是稀饭?。

Shall we have rice or porridge for today's lunch?

仅存的种子选手只剩西蒙桑托索了,他强烈要求证明自己不是吃干饭的,在新加坡公开赛决赛惨败之后。

The only remaining seeded player will be Simon Santoso, who will be eager to show his runner-up outing in Singapore was no fluke.

在饭前,会问你要吃干饭还是稀饭的那个人是母亲。

Before eating, will ask you to eat the cooked rice or porridge is the mother.

我们现在吃一些,留一些明天吃。

We'll eat some now and save some for tomorrow.

有些意大利人吃驴;南非人吃鸵鸟。

Some Italians eat donkeys; South Africans eat ostriches.

什么草可以吃?什么草吃不得?

What grass can eat? What not to eat grass?

今天我们知道晚餐谁喝汤,谁吃煎饼,谁吃肉排,谁吃鸡蛋。

We know who has soup, and who has pancakes for dinner today, who has cutlets, and who has eggs.

蛋奶馅饼热吃也行,冷吃也行。

The quiche can be served hot or cold.

五个小怪物吃面包,另外五个吃奶酪。

Five monsters eat bread and another five monsters eat cheese.

我们今天晚上可以烤鸡肉吃,或者吃剩菜。

We can broil chicken on the grill tonight, or we can just eat leftovers.