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food / CL: 種|种
HSK 2
foodstuff; food; provisions / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food
HSK 3
foodstuff / cereals / CL: 種|种
HSK 4
dining hall; cafeteria / CL: 個|个, 間|间
HSK 4
snack; nibbles
HSK 4
eating and drinking / food and drink; diet
HSK 5
appetite
HSK 6
food / meals
HSK 7-9
lit. clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom) / fig. people's basic needs
HSK 7-9
board and lodging / room and board
HSK 7-9
meals; food
HSK 7-9
staple food
HSK 7-9
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
HSK 7-9
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
to eat; to consume / edible
HSK 7-9
gourmet
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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)
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high
(Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) drinking water
Freeganism
carnivorous
man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people
food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
cookbook / recipe / diet / CL: , 個|个
lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food
thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty / destitute
gluten-free diet
to eat one's meal
carnivorous
carnivore
meal; food (esp. as provided by a service, e.g. airline, restaurant or institution)
set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant)
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
to take (medication, vitamins etc)
quantity of food one eats; food intake
(lit. and fig.) to nibble away at
cooking oil
to eat too much / to binge
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
food / edibles
to devour
to save food / to go on a diet
food cereals
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
to eat and drink unreasonably
anorexia
to be picky about food
esophagus; gullet / (Tw) regulation of food safety and sanitation (abbr. for 食品衛生管理|食品卫生管理)
dessert / sweet
omnivorous (zoology) / snacks / a varied diet
carnivore
to feed
to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest
to prey on / to catch and feed on / to hunt for food
small toy or figurine included with a food product / DIY candy kit
(of food) fast; instant / (Tw) fast food
esophagus; gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route
bulimia
to aid digestion
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
instant (food)
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
to go on a hunger strike
to forage / to hunt for food / to scavenge / fig. to make a living
(medicine) liquid food
to consume
(TCM) food therapy; treatment via food
manger
cooked food / prepared food / deli food
lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle
restaurant / eatery
partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) / having likes and dislikes / partial eclipse
foodstuff
total eclipse
table vinegar
diner (in a restaurant etc) / hanger-on / sponger
food
gluttonous; greedy
food and drink
lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods
solar eclipse
total eclipse of the sun
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
non-staple food / CL: 種|种
lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon
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
total lunar eclipse
the people one depends upon for one's livelihood / one's bread and butter
short of food and clothing / destitute
lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living
to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale
partial eclipse of the sun

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