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HSK
foodstuff; food; provisions
HSK 3
food
HSK 2
food safety (abbr. for 食品安全 or 食物安全)
dining hall; cafeteria / CL: 個|个, 間|间
HSK 4
appetite
HSK 6
Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4). / By nature we desire food and sex.
to eat; to consume / edible
HSK 7-9
edible salt; table salt
(food) ingredient
herbivore
board and lodging / room and board
HSK 7-9
to draw government pay / to be in public service / salary of an official
food chain
(TCM) food therapy; treatment via food
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
tableware
carnivorous species
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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to feed (a person or animal)
piranha
lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food
small toy or figurine included with a food product / DIY candy kit
lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)
ghoul
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
a short moment
esophagus; gullet / (Tw) regulation of food safety and sanitation (abbr. for 食品衛生管理|食品卫生管理)
food poisoning
Carnivora, order of carnivores within Mammalia
food cereals
cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL: 隻|只
to break one's promise
esophagus; gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route
table vinegar
cooking oil / food oil
food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high
food and sex / appetite and lust
cooking oil
to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters
edible mushroom
cannibalism
cooking oil
to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)
larder / pantry
(idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food
foodstuff
cooking method
carnivorous
ant-eater (several different species)
lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken
to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject
carnivore
see 蟹獴
salary of a public official / to be in government service
eclipse season
cookbook / recipe / diet / CL: , 個|个
quantity of food one eats; food intake
man-eating shark / same as 大白鯊|大白鲨, great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people
manger
insectivorous plant
(Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) drinking water
ogre
Insectivora
restaurant / eatery
food vendor's stand
larder / pantry
tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods
esophageal cancer
diner (in a restaurant etc) / hanger-on / sponger
scavenger
lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
food processor


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