吃豆腐

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical quality
simp. and trad. (吃豆腐)		吃	豆腐
Literally: “to eat tofu”.

From Qing Dynasty novel 《驚夢啼》, in which many men patronized a tofu business for the opportunity to flirt with the beautiful owner.

吃豆腐

(slang) to come on to a woman; to flirt; to grope; to touch up
那個老男人在酒吧裡老想吃我豆腐。 [MSC, trad.]
那个老男人在酒吧里老想吃我豆腐。 [MSC, simp.]
Nà ge lǎo nánrén zài jiǔba lǐ lǎo xiǎng chī wǒ dòufǔ. [Pinyin]
That old man is always trying to paw me at the pub.

This idiom usually only refers to a man taking advantage of a woman in a sexual manner.

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