吃独食

吃獨食
chīdúshí
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to keep all the profit for oneself
  2. 2 to refuse to share
  3. 3 literally 'to eat alone'

Examples

Zhège xiàngmù zhuàn le qián, tā xiǎng yí ge rén chī dúshí.
The project made money and he wants to keep it all for himself.
Zuò shēngyi bù néng chī dúshí, děi ràng hézuò huǒbàn yě fēn yì bēi gēng.
In business you can't hoard all the profits; partners need a share of the pie too.

Tips

usage
Strongly negative. Implies greed and unwillingness to share, especially with people who helped make the profit possible.

Stroke Order

chī
shí