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culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food
HSK 3
foodstuff / cereals / CL: 種|种
HSK 4
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
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
to take (medication, vitamins etc)
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
(of a bird) to peck at food
cooked food / prepared food / deli food
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
set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant)
edible
to prey on / predation / predatory
non-staple food / CL: 種|种
lunar eclipse / eclipse of the moon
(dialect) Chinese-style dumpling (such as wonton, jiaozi etc)
to aid digestion
to eat without paying / to freeload
lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle
(of a dog etc) to guard its food
eclipsis (of the moon or sun)
having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed
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
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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
to eat too much / to binge
lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed / anxious to do battle (idiom)
to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
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
comfort food
(old) monthly salary of an official
carnivorous
to beg for food
(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
(of food) fast; instant / (Tw) fast food
food and drink
meals; food
HSK 7-9
total eclipse
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
food / edibles
to feed
anorexia
to save food / to go on a diet
to forage / to hunt for food / to scavenge / fig. to make a living
brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury / extravagance
cannibalism
snack; nibbles
to choose one's food carefully / to be picky
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
to earn one's living (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 謀生|谋生
to fast / hunger strike
(medicine) liquid food
omnivorous (zoology) / snacks / a varied diet
to harvest hurriedly before rain comes
eating without working
to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
short of food and clothing / destitute
to give food (as a charity) / "feeding the hungry ghosts" (Buddhist ceremony)
ketogenic diet
to eat one's meal
gluttonous; greedy
(medicine) regular food
kosher
(medicine) semi-liquid food
to neglect sleep and food
to forage / to gather for eating / to pick and eat
to eat and drink unreasonably
to consume
to go in search of food (of animals) / to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets
to be picky (food)
gluten-free diet
to economize on clothes and food / to scrimp and save (idiom)
an annular eclipse of the sun
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
to make a living / to strive to earn a living
dessert / sweet
complementary food (for an infant)
extravagant food

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