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culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food
HSK 3
between-meal nibbles / snacks
HSK 4
foodstuff / cereals / CL: 種|种
HSK 4
eating and drinking / food and drink; diet
HSK 5
meals; food
HSK 7-9
food / meals
HSK 7-9
staple food
HSK 7-9
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
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to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
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to feed (a person or animal)
food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
cooked food / prepared food / deli food
lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle
carnivorous
non-staple food / CL: 種|种
(of food) fast; instant / (Tw) fast food
to aid digestion
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.
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
anorexia
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) / having likes and dislikes / partial eclipse
instant (food)
to save food / to go on a diet
to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
(lit. and fig.) to nibble away at
solar eclipse
lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon
to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
food / edibles
dessert / sweet
food and drink
like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
to forage / to hunt for food / to scavenge / fig. to make a living
extravagant lifestyle
to eat and drink unreasonably
(of a bird) to peck at food
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
to be picky about food
brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury / extravagance
having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed
to consume
gluttonous; greedy
to economize on clothes and food / to scrimp and save (idiom)
to go on a hunger strike
to prey on / to catch and feed on / to hunt for food
short of food and clothing / destitute
total eclipse
to eat one's meal
(medicine) liquid food
to feed
(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
food
omnivorous (zoology) / snacks / a varied diet
to devour
total eclipse of the sun
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
to beg for food
total lunar eclipse
herbivorous
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
to be picky (food)
partial eclipse of the sun
to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed / anxious to do battle (idiom)
clothes and food
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
food / meal
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits
light meal; snack
edible
to prey on / predation / predatory
vegetarian meal / vegetarian diet
(of a dog etc) to guard its food
to make a living / to strive to earn a living
eating without working
to fast / hunger strike
to earn one's living (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 謀生|谋生
to give food (as a charity) / "feeding the hungry ghosts" (Buddhist ceremony)
kosher
Japanese cuisine
to eat too much / to binge
an annular eclipse of the sun
extravagant food
vegan
(medicine) semi-liquid food
to eat without paying / to freeload
cannibalism
to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫 (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu , busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant)
to neglect sleep and food
(dialect) Chinese-style dumpling (such as wonton, jiaozi etc)
to go in search of food (of animals) / to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets
to forage / to gather for eating / to pick and eat
to choose one's food carefully / to be picky
eclipsis (of the moon or sun)

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