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restaurant / hotel / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
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cooked rice / CL: / meal / CL: 頓|顿 / (loanword) fan / devotee
HSK 1
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
(cooked) rice
HSK 1
evening meal / dinner / supper / CL: , 頓|顿, ,
HSK 1
lunch / CL: , 頓|顿, ,
HSK 1
breakfast / CL: , 頓|顿, ,
HSK 1
to prepare a meal / to cook
HSK 2
restaurant / CL:
HSK 2
meal in a partitioned box
HSK 5
electric rice cooker
HSK 5
rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living
HSK 7-9
an ordinary meal / simple home cooking
HSK 7-9
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
HSK 7-9
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
(coll.) (of rice) to rise well (with cooking)
grain of cooked rice
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
pet food bowl / dog bowl
pork-leg rice – either a Guangdong (Chaozhou-Shantou) specialty of braised pork leg over rice or the Thai-Chinese dish "khao kha mu"
Yangzhou fried rice, featuring scrambled egg, diced vegetables and multiple proteins – typically shrimp and barbecued pork
to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth
omurice, Japanese dish consisting of an omelet wrapped around fried rice and often topped with ketchup
food
(coll.) homemade cat food / rice with bonito flakes (simple meal for human consumption) (calque of Japanese "neko manma")
(fig.) guarantee of financial support for the rest of one's life
meal card
to cook
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
(coll.) to have a meal
spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal / crumbs from the feast
lunch
plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water
fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band
dining hall / canteen / cafeteria
to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water
porridge; gruel; congee
fried rice / (Tw) (slang) to have sex
simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary
amount of food one eats / portion size
rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball)
fried sticky rice
to stir-fry leftover rice / fig. to rehash the same story / to serve up the same old product
to ask for food / to beg
lunchbox / mess tin
meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit
big restaurant
to serve a meal
rice with meat and vegetables
food given to Buddhist monks as alms
dining table
to eat / to have a meal
dinner party / banquet
food
dining room / dining hall / mess hall
(lit. and fig.) meal ticket
to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content
plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it
to beg (for food or money)
rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing
to fill a bowl with rice
lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty
to work for a living
rice with meat and vegetables
(coll.) to burst out laughing
to lead an idle life; to be a loafer
wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing
(coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
leftovers from a meal / fig. remnants handed down from others
rice paddle
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)
lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors / set meal
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
set meal
mealtime (lunchtime, dinnertime etc)
(coll.) gesture by an idol aimed at delighting fans (e.g. winking or throwing signed items); to interact with fans in such a manner (loanword from Japanese "fansābisu" – literally, "fan service")
rice paddle
rice au gratin
rice cooker
(coll.) to mooch a meal
rice in gravy, typically with meat and vegetables
risotto
to roll rice balls / rice ball
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang) / pilau
cooked white rice
Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
person hired to lure customers to a restaurant
bibimbap (Korean cuisine)
secure and lucrative job
to live off a woman
dining room for young schoolchildren unable to go home for lunch
grand hotel; large, upscale hotel
gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori)
the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten / the good things in life are worth waiting for
egg fried rice
Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜來登|喜来登)

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