早餐不吃

zǎocānbùchī

phrase

Meanings

1 to skip breakfast
2 (lit.) not eating breakfast

Characters

Examples

早餐不吃对身体不好。

Zǎocān bù chī duì shēntǐ bù hǎo.

Skipping breakfast is bad for your health.

他为了减肥坚持早餐不吃。

Tā wèile jiǎnféi jiānchí zǎocān bù chī.

He insists on skipping breakfast to lose weight.

Tips

grammar

Topic-comment structure: 早餐 is fronted as the topic ('as for breakfast, don't eat'). More naturally phrased as 不吃早餐, but 早餐不吃 is common in health content and colloquial speech.

Stroke Order

早 zǎo

餐 cān

不 bù

吃 chī