to eat non-rice and non-vegetable-soup food (especially meat or fish) without rice during a rice meal

to receive strokes; to get a thrashing; to get spanked

to live hand-to-mouth

(colloquial or slang) easy; unchallenging / (colloquial or slang) profitable

to eat salty/savory food, especially in a multi-course meal, usually as opposed to ăn ngọt/tráng miệng (“to eat sweet food, such as fruit or desserts”) / to eat too much salty food, in a way that could adversely affect your health / to eat animal products and not be a vegan

(zoology) to be omnivorous

(literally) to eat flesh / (zoology, botany) to be carnivorous

(literally) to eat grass; to graze / (zoology) to be herbivorous

popular with the audience

to get salary; to continue getting regularly paid