吃干抹净

吃乾抹淨
chīgānmājìng
  1. (idiom) to devour (food)
  2. (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit

CEDICT

to completely exploit; to take full advantage of

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=1 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī
=2 干 gān old variant of 干 gān
=2 干 gān
  1. dry
  2. dried food
  3. empty; hollow
  4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. futile; in vain
  6. (dialect) rude; blunt
  7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder
=2 干 gān variant of 干 gān
=2 干 gān
  1. (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
  2. one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 tiāngān
  3. (archaic) shield
3 抹 mā to wipe
=4 净 jìng variant of 净 jìng
=4 净 jìng
  1. clean
  2. completely
  3. only
  4. net (income, exports etc)
  5. (Chinese opera) painted face male role

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吞吃 tūnchī to devour
吞食 tūnshí to devour
噬 shì
  1. to devour
  2. to bite