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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *请* | 请* | *请
to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饭* | 饭* | *饭
cooked rice / CL: / meal / CL: 頓|顿 / (loanword) fan / devotee
HSK 1
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
evening meal / dinner / supper / CL: , 頓|顿, ,
HSK 1
to prepare a meal / to cook
HSK 2
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
HSK 2
lunch / Chinese meal; Chinese food / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
fast food / snack / quick meal
HSK 2
evening meal; dinner / CL: , 頓|顿,
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顿* | 顿* | *顿
to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
HSK 3
set meal / (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伙* | 伙* | *伙
meals (abbr. for 伙食) / variant of 夥|伙
HSK 4
meal in a partitioned box
HSK 5
to bring under control / to regulate / to restore to good condition / (coll.) to fix (a person) / to prepare (a meal etc)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餐* | 餐* | *餐
meal / to eat / classifier for meals
HSK 6
to eat a meal
HSK 7-9
food / meals
HSK 7-9
meals; food
HSK 7-9
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
HSK 7-9
to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing) / cookout
HSK 7-9
an ordinary meal / simple home cooking
HSK 7-9
to eat one's meal
communal meal / formal dinner of club or group
home delivery of meal
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *膳* | 膳* | *膳
meals
to have a meal
food / dish / meal
convenient / handy / easy / bento (a meal in a partitioned box) / lunchbox
sumptuous meal; banquet
(coll.) to have a meal
(regular) meal / full meal / main course
brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury / extravagance
dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish / lavish meal
simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary
to get or supply meals for a monthly rate; to board; to provide board
incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
bone meal
to join up with sb / to become partner / to take meals regularly in cafeteria
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哺* | 哺* | *哺
to eat / evening meal
to serve a meal
fish meal
to eat / to have a meal
(lit. and fig.) meal ticket
tasty meal / to eat a satisfying meal
leftovers from a meal
nibbles / snacks between meals
leftovers from a meal / fig. remnants handed down from others
to prepare meals / chef
to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle
to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall
so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
cold meal / cold food
a good meal / sumptuous food
to go without meals (due to poverty or scarcity)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馂* | 馂* | *馂
remains of a sacrifice or a meal
cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors / set meal
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
set meal
light meal; snack
buffet / self-service meal
food / meal
to have an extra meal / snack
(coll.) to mooch a meal
vegetarian meal / vegetarian diet
meal replacement
to have three meals a day
ready-made meal
to do a little something as a token of one's appreciation / to express one's gratitude or esteem by treating sb to a meal or presenting a gift
to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook
to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)
(at a restaurant) to order a meal / (of a waiter) to take an order
postpartum care center (a facility providing services such as professional care and nutritionally balanced meals for mothers during the traditional month of rest after giving birth)
working meal
to eat one's fill / to have a good meal
afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost)
to light a fire and cook a meal
the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten / the good things in life are worth waiting for
Enjoy your meal! / Bon appetit!
in-flight meal
to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)
walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)
great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom); sumptuous banquet
an unappealing and unsatisfying meal
to cadge a meal
to forget one's meals
there is no gain without a loss (idiom) / there is no such thing as a free meal
feeling full from drinking a lot of water or consuming a liquid-heavy meal
potluck meal
have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
(of a restaurant etc) to serve the meal; to dish out the food
"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC
to have a square meal
set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant)
suspended meal (Tw)

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