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fast food / snack / quick meal
HSK 2
snack; nibbles
HSK 4
street food; snack
HSK 4
melon seed / seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
HSK 7-9
fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
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(Hakka cuisine) snacks made from glutinous rice flour (rice cakes, noodles etc)
midnight snack
omnivorous (zoology) / snacks / a varied diet
midnight snack / late-night snack
roasted snacks (peanuts, chestnuts etc)
nibbles / snacks between meals
to stop for a snack while traveling
buckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce)
nighttime snack / late-night supper
light meal; snack
snack; nibbles
iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
to have an extra meal / snack
snack bar / lunch room / CL:
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
yam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine)
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks
(coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack
spicy sticks, a snack food similar to beef jerky but made with flour or dried beancurd instead of meat
kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business
takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
sweet snack made from glutinous rice, sugar and honey, common in Changsha 長沙|长沙, Hunan
popular Taiwan snack, similar to a hamburger, steamed bun stuffed with pork, pickled vegetables, peanut powder and cilantro
(coll.) snack food
ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân])
imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings)
Pringles (snack food brand)
snack bar / buffet
to take tea and chat / a small-scale informal gathering with tea and snacks
star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province)
pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, typically coated in peanut powder and coriander and served with dipping sauces
tapas, small Spanish snacks (loanword)
jelly snack made by kneading jelly fig seeds 愛玉子|爱玉子 in water and combining with flavorings (popular in Taiwan and Singapore)
ta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan
wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling / coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)
takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
to have a snack / to have a bite


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