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鯨飲馬食 is an exact match with the following word:
鯨飲馬食
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Reading : げいいんばしょく   
expression, noun, 'suru' verb
drinking like a fish and eat like a horse; eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor  (yojijukugo)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 12 (among the 180,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 247,000 (about 16,500 results)
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Example sentences:
そんな
ふう
げいいんばしょく
鯨飲馬食
したら
からだ
こわ

If you drink like a fish and eat like a horse that way, you’ll get sick.
ゲイ   くじら whale   
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キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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corner
デン   た rice field   
fire
イン   の to drink   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
eat; food
バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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little bird
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ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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