干饭人

幹飯人
gànfànrén
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 foodie (slang)
  2. 2 someone who eats with gusto
  3. 3 rice-eating warrior

Characters

Literally 'rice-doing person' — someone who devours food with gusto

Examples

Gànfànrén, gànfàn hún, gànfànrén chīfàn děi yòng pén!
Rice warriors, rice warrior spirit — rice warriors eat from basins!
Zhōngwǔ dào le, gànfànrén chōng a!
It's lunchtime — charge, rice warriors!
Zuòwéi yī gè hégé de gànfànrén, wǒ cóng bù shèngfàn.
As a proper rice warrior, I never leave food behind.

Tips

culture
干饭人 went viral around 2020-2021 alongside 打工人. Where 打工人 is about working, 干饭人 is about eating with passion and energy. It celebrates the simple joy of food as life's greatest pleasure for ordinary people.
memory
here means 'to do vigorously' + (rice/food) + (person) = someone who attacks their food with enthusiasm.

Stroke Order

gàn
fàn
rén