吃飯皇帝大

吃饭皇帝大
chīfànhuángdìdà
eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)

CEDICT

taiwan

Entry Composition

1 吃飯 chīfàn
  1. to have a meal
  2. to eat
  3. to make a living
2 皇帝 huángdì emperor

classifier: 個
3 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)