吃光 (chī guāng) — to eat up, to finish all the food

Definition

A resultative verb meaning 'eat up / finish all of' — emphasizes that nothing is left. Often appears in 把-constructions, as in the examples.

verb
to eat upto finish all the food

Examples

  • 吃光
    Tā bǎ zhuō shàng de cài dōu chī guāng le.
    He ate up all the dishes on the table.
  • 吃光
    Bié làng fèi, bǎ zhè xiē mǐ fàn chī guāng.
    Don't waste; finish all this rice.
  • 吃光
    Hái zi men hěn kuài jiù bǎ dàn gāo chī guāng le.
    The children quickly ate up the cake.
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