<blockquote>
  <p>The text you posted is extended from a simple sentence</p>
  
  <p>" <strong>Subject</strong> (<em>omitted</em>) <strong>吃了</strong> (took) <strong>电气刺激</strong> (an electric shock)</p>
  
  <p>from the simple sentence above, additional relative clauses are added to give more information:</p>
  
  <p>"对不断变化的模式无法继续追加观察" stating the cause of the subject took an electric shock, was the subject couldn't track and observe the continually changing mode (<strong>of an object</strong>, which is also omitted)</p>
  
  <p>"经由茧利在纳贾库普身体中设置的装置产生的" is a adjectival clause for the noun "电气刺激". It describes the origin of the electric shock (which was generated by the device that 茧利 implanted in 纳贾库普's body)</p>
  
  <p><em>'吃' in '吃了' doesn't mean 'to eat' , it means 'took' as in  'took a left hook' (吃了一记左钩拳)</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>[实际上，] "In fact" (opening proclamation)</p>

<p>[subject] (omitted)</p>

<p>[对不断变化的模式无法继续追加观察，] (relative clause, stating the <strong>cause</strong>)</p>

<p>[而] "Therefore" </p>

<p>[吃了] " took"</p>

<p>[经由茧利在纳贾库普身体中设置的装置产生的] (relative clause, adds details information on the following noun </p>

<p>[电气刺激。] electric shock (noun)</p>

<p>[吃了电气刺激。] "took an electric shock" (<strong>result</strong>)</p>

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2018-02-14T06:03:45.430Z
2018-02-14T06:03:45.430Z
Tang Ho
<p>Before we look into the explanation of 吃了, we need to acknowledge that<br>
<strong>translations, unless done by professionals, most of the time will sound/look weird even/especially to native speakers.</strong></p>

<p>Now for the 吃. Like Tang Ho said, 吃了 in here means took.<br>
You can see similar usage in 吃我一拳 which means take my punch.  </p>

<p>The rest of the sentence doesn't really make sense. A little advise, if you want to improve Chinese reading skills, read something that's written in Chinese, not translated into Chinese.(I've done Eng-to-Ch translations before, and some things just can't be translated perfectly into normal Chinese(grammar-wise) without spending a ton of time. A manga light novel just doesn't sound like it can afford the time and money it needs to be translated.  </p>

<p>A fun fact: Translation style writing/speaking is something we can pretty easily recognize. Sometime when writers want to create a foreign character without writing in another language, they will use this style so that their 'foreign-ness' pops.  </p>

<p>Note: If you really want to read Japanese novels, read those that are super famous so you can get better translations.</p>

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2018-02-20T18:51:00.867Z
2018-02-23T03:35:41.480Z
2018-02-23T03:35:41.480Z
K. Bella
<p>I am trying to improve my reading comprehension and I was curious about something I have read in Japanese to Chinese translation of a manga light novel:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>实际上，对不断变化的模式无法继续追加观察，而吃了经由茧利在纳贾库普身体中设置的装置产生的电气刺激。<a href="https://tieba.baidu.com/p/5460760186?lp=5028&amp;mo_device=1&amp;is_jingpost=0&amp;pn=60&amp;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">full context.</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>I want to understand why does it say "吃" here? What is the target of 吃 if it is meaning "eating?" / Who is doing the "吃"? </p>

<p>If someone can break the sentence down and help me understand and parse it, I will be thankful! </p>

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2018-02-13T21:22:24.680Z
The last phrase is heck of a run-in sentence.
Tang Ho
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2018-02-14T03:57:16.447Z
Apparently, the text is bad Chinese translation.
dan
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Parsing and understanding 吃 in 对不断变化的模式无法继续追加观察，而吃了经由茧利在纳贾库普身体中...?
# Parsing and understanding 吃 in 对不断变化的模式无法继续追加观察，而吃了经由茧利在纳贾库普身体中...?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-13)

I am trying to improve my reading comprehension and I was curious about something I have read in Japanese to Chinese translation of a manga light novel:

> 实际上，对不断变化的模式无法继续追加观察，而吃了经由茧利在纳贾库普身体中设置的装置产生的电气刺激。[full context.](https://tieba.baidu.com/p/5460760186?lp=5028&mo_device=1&is_jingpost=0&pn=60&)

I want to understand why does it say "吃" here? What is the target of 吃 if it is meaning "eating?" / Who is doing the "吃"?

If someone can break the sentence down and help me understand and parse it, I will be thankful!

**Tags:** grammar, meaning

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The last phrase is heck of a run-in sentence.  
> **username_2**: Apparently, the text is bad Chinese translation.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-14. Score: 3

> The text you posted is extended from a simple sentence
>
> " **Subject** (*omitted*) **吃了** (took) **电气刺激** (an electric shock)
>
> from the simple sentence above, additional relative clauses are added to give more information:
>
> "对不断变化的模式无法继续追加观察" stating the cause of the subject took an electric shock, was the subject couldn't track and observe the continually changing mode (**of an object**, which is also omitted)
>
> "经由茧利在纳贾库普身体中设置的装置产生的" is a adjectival clause for the noun "电气刺激". It describes the origin of the electric shock (which was generated by the device that 茧利 implanted in 纳贾库普's body)
>
> *'吃' in '吃了' doesn't mean 'to eat' , it means 'took' as in 'took a left hook' (吃了一记左钩拳)*

[实际上，] "In fact" (opening proclamation)

[subject] (omitted)

[对不断变化的模式无法继续追加观察，] (relative clause, stating the **cause**)

[而] "Therefore"

[吃了] " took"

[经由茧利在纳贾库普身体中设置的装置产生的] (relative clause, adds details information on the following noun

[电气刺激。] electric shock (noun)

[吃了电气刺激。] "took an electric shock" (**result**)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-02-20. Score: 1

Before we look into the explanation of 吃了, we need to acknowledge that  
**translations, unless done by professionals, most of the time will sound/look weird even/especially to native speakers.**

Now for the 吃. Like username_1 said, 吃了 in here means took.  
You can see similar usage in 吃我一拳 which means take my punch.

The rest of the sentence doesn't really make sense. A little advise, if you want to improve Chinese reading skills, read something that's written in Chinese, not translated into Chinese.(I've done Eng-to-Ch translations before, and some things just can't be translated perfectly into normal Chinese(grammar-wise) without spending a ton of time. A manga light novel just doesn't sound like it can afford the time and money it needs to be translated.

A fun fact: Translation style writing/speaking is something we can pretty easily recognize. Sometime when writers want to create a foreign character without writing in another language, they will use this style so that their 'foreign-ness' pops.

Note: If you really want to read Japanese novels, read those that are super famous so you can get better translations.


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