汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 吃软饭
吃软饭 (吃軟飯)
to live off a woman
chī () ruǎn () fàn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

别变成那些没用的吃软饭的男人。

Oh, but don't become one of those useless, good-for-nothing gigolos.

在男尊女卑的社会里,人们又把软饭引申为依靠有钱女人的生活,把吃软饭的看做甘愿丧失人格、不劳而获,极度鄙视。

In the patriarchal society, people rely on the idea was again soft rice rich woman's life, as willing to lose the Chiruan Fan personality, something for nothing, extreme contempt.

他还说,那些身陷单调的日常公务的男人们如果看见同事和家人一起待在家中,会想:“老兄,你就是个吃软饭的。”

He added that men who are stuck in the daily grind look at their colleagues who are at home with their family and think: 'Dude, you're a kept man.