百吃不厌
bǎi chī bù yàn
never to tire of eating something
Character by character
百bǎi
hundred
hundred
吃chī
eat
eat
不bù
not
not
厌yàn
tire
tire
Example
妈妈做的西红柿炒鸡蛋，我吃了二十多年，还是百吃不厌。
I have been eating Mum’s tomato and egg stir-fry for over twenty years and I still never tire of it.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
Built like 百看不厌 (lesson 6-12) and 百听不厌: 百 means “however many times”. Said of a home dish, a snack or a favourite restaurant, usually with the food as topic: 这道菜我百吃不厌. For drinks people say 百喝不厌.
Learn this in Lesson 136 · HSK 7–9: 一锅老火汤 (A pot of slow-cooked soup)
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