吃得開

吃得开
chīdekāi
  1. to be popular
  2. to be getting on well
  3. much in demand

CEDICT

popular

Wiktionary

行得通、受歡迎。

重編國語辭典

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 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
3 開 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format

Related entries

走紅 zǒuhóng
  1. to be popular
  2. to be in luck
  3. to have good luck
  4. to develop smoothly
風行 fēngxíng
  1. to become fashionable
  2. to catch on
  3. to be popular
他的小說風行了一段長時間。

His novel had a great vogue for a long time.

Source: Tatoeba