吃黑枣

吃黑棗

chīhēizǎo

idiom

Meanings

HSK 7-9

你再不老实，小心吃黑枣。

Nǐ zàibù lǎoshi, xiǎoxīn chī hēizǎo.

If you don't behave, watch out - you might take a bullet.

HSK 7-9

那个逃犯最后在边境上吃了黑枣。

Nàge táofàn zuìhòu zài biānjìng shàng chī le hēizǎo.

That fugitive ended up taking a bullet at the border.

memory

黑枣 is the small, dark Chinese date. The metaphor compares a bullet - small, round, dark - to swallowing one of these. Slangy and vivid.

吃 chī

黑 hēi

枣 zǎo