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to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
lunch / CL: , 頓|顿, ,
HSK 1
to prepare a meal / to cook
HSK 2
(cooked) rice
HSK 1
evening meal / dinner / supper / CL: , 頓|顿, ,
HSK 1
breakfast / CL: , 頓|顿, ,
HSK 1
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  *飯* | 飯* | *飯
cooked rice / CL: / meal / CL: 頓|顿 / (loanword) fan / devotee
HSK 1
restaurant / CL:
HSK 2
meal in a partitioned box
HSK 5
restaurant / hotel / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
(coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
HSK 7-9
secure and lucrative job
electric rice cooker
HSK 5
(bird species of China) Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae)
lunchbox / mess tin
rice paddle
dining hall / canteen / cafeteria
to live off a woman
Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year
simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary
an ordinary meal / simple home cooking
HSK 7-9
grand hotel; large, upscale hotel
eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
to lose one's job
tearoom / canteen / cafeteria
leftovers from a meal / fig. remnants handed down from others
to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water
lunch
have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
Yangzhou fried rice, featuring scrambled egg, diced vegetables and multiple proteins – typically shrimp and barbecued pork
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
(coll.) to burst out laughing
rice with meat and vegetables
porridge; gruel; congee
food
Xinjiang-style pilaf, made with lamb
to eat / to have a meal
to lead an idle life; to be a loafer
(coll.) to have a meal
rice paddle
set meal
to get food at a canteen
post cibum (pharm.) / to take (medicine) after a meal
to beg (for food or money)
dining room for young schoolchildren unable to go home for lunch
plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it
to fill a bowl with rice
to get or supply meals for a monthly rate; to board; to provide board
to ask for food / to beg
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
(coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies)
(coll.) (of rice) to rise well (with cooking)
(fig.) guarantee of financial support for the rest of one's life
to cook
half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4]
cooked white rice
to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload
rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing
rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living
HSK 7-9
to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)
bibimbap (Korean cuisine)
fried rice / (Tw) (slang) to have sex
egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
food coma / postprandial somnolence
to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom)
having nothing better to do / see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着
lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜來登|喜来登)
rice cooker
(lit. and fig.) meal ticket
lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty
amount of food one eats / portion size
to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth
farewell dinner party
lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now.
omurice, Japanese dish consisting of an omelet wrapped around fried rice and often topped with ketchup
(coll.) to mooch a meal
rice in gravy, typically with meat and vegetables
rice dishes (on menu)
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten / the good things in life are worth waiting for
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water
to look for a job
brunch
dining room / dining hall / mess hall
rice with meat and vegetables
meal card
leftover food
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
kept man
to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang) / pilau
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)
(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")
body double (in eating scenes)

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