verb

Meanings

  1. 1 (literary) to eat to satiety
  2. 2 to be sated; to have one's fill
  3. 3 (literary) to bestow lavishly

Examples

Yù wén qí míng, jīnrì déjiàn.
I have long heard the name in abundance, and today at last meet the person.
Bīnkè yù shí ér guī.
The guests ate their fill and returned home.

Tips

register
Strictly literary — almost never appears in modern speech. The usual surviving compound is yù wén ('to hear over and over until tired of it'), a polite formula in formal letters and prefaces.
memory
Food radical (eat) plus — picture eating until you're slumped over: 'eaten to satiety'.

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