吃

吃

"吃" means "to eat."

Here, '吃' means 'to eat' and is used as the main verb indicating the action of consuming food.

我今天早上吃了一个苹果。

This morning, I ate an apple.

In this sentence, '吃' metaphorically means 'to consume' with a non-food object, indicating the consumption of time.

这部电影真是太吃时间了。

This movie really takes up a lot of time.

Here, '吃' is part of the phrase '吃不消', which means 'unable to endure' or 'cannot handle', transferring the concept of consuming into the realm of enduring or tolerating.

我们遇到了一个棘手的问题，真是吃不消。

We encountered a tricky problem; it is really exhausting.