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foodstuff; food; provisions / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food
HSK 3
foodstuff / cereals / CL: 種|种
HSK 4
food / CL: 種|种
HSK 2
snack; nibbles
HSK 4
eating and drinking / food and drink; diet
HSK 5
staple food
HSK 7-9
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
food / meals
HSK 7-9
dining hall; cafeteria / CL: 個|个, 間|间
HSK 4
appetite
HSK 6
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4). / By nature we desire food and sex.
so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)
to take (medication, vitamins etc)
lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food
to eat; to consume / edible
HSK 7-9
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
health food
(of a bird) to peck at food
World food program (United Nations aid agency)
(food) ingredient
cooked food / prepared food / deli food
lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
to eat out / food brought in from outside; food not purchased within the premises
herbivorous
instant (food)
total lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
total eclipse of the sun
board and lodging / room and board
HSK 7-9
set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant)
cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL: 隻|只
edible
to prey on / predation / predatory
genetically modified (GM) food
lit. clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom) / fig. people's basic needs
HSK 7-9
non-staple food / CL: 種|种
lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon
not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom) / to be provided with the basic necessities
(dialect) Chinese-style dumpling (such as wonton, jiaozi etc)
Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second
to aid digestion
to eat without paying / to freeload
lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle
otherworldly; detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life
(of a dog etc) to guard its food
eclipsis (of the moon or sun)
fried food
having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed
cookbook / recipe / diet / CL: , 個|个
deli; delicatessen
non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula)
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
meal; food (esp. as provided by a service, e.g. airline, restaurant or institution)
partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) / having likes and dislikes / partial eclipse
to devour
cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival
light meal; snack
tableware
larder / pantry
predator
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to feed (a person or animal)
vegan
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
Food court
to eat too much / to binge
lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed / anxious to do battle (idiom)
herbivore
food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost)
vegetarian
(idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food
small toy or figurine included with a food product / DIY candy kit
to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)
carnivorous species
food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
to be picky about food
to prey on / to catch and feed on / to hunt for food
junk food
food court; food street
comfort food
a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom) / even wild beasts look after their young
the people one depends upon for one's livelihood / one's bread and butter
(old) monthly salary of an official
carnivorous
contaminated food product unscrupulously marketed as wholesome
to beg for food
dietary fiber
herbivore / herbivorous animal
piranha
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
Japanese cuisine
vegetarian meal / vegetarian diet
(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
HSK 7-9
to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown
(of food) fast; instant / (Tw) fast food
food and drink

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