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吃 is a phono-semantic compound: the mouth radical 口 indicates the meaning, while 乞 provides the sound. Its primary sense is "to eat" (solid food), but the verb's scope broadened to cover drinking liquids, enduring hardship, sustaining injuries, and consuming resources such as time, effort, or money. The traditional variant 喫 was frequently used in classical literature for the same acts of eating and drinking.
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我喜欢吃饭。
他每天吃早餐。
我们一起吃午饭吧。
弟弟不喜欢吃蔬菜。
如果你饿了，就吃点东西。
吃饭的时候不要看电视。
我妈妈经常吃健康食品。
为了保持健康，我们应该多吃水果和蔬菜。
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