(coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)
trad. 吃牢飯
Also written 吃牢飯【chī láo fàn】
Characters in this word
3吃
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
牢
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(literary) pen; fold (for livestock), prison; jail, firm; secure; fast
- Pinyin
- láo
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8644 of 2500
饭
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
cooked rice, CL:碗[wan3], meal, CL:頓|顿[dun4], (loanword) fan, devotee
- Pinyin
- fàn
- Traditional
- 飯
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3361 of 2500