吃干抹净

Traditional form:

吃乾抹淨

Pinyin (reading):

chīgānmājìng

Definitions:

• (idiom) to devour (food)
• (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit

Characters:

• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 抹 - to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
• 净 - clean, pure; to cleanse

Traditional characters:

• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 抹 - to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
• 淨 - clean, pure, unspoiled