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food / CL: 種|种
HSK 2
foodstuff; food; provisions / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food
HSK 3
foodstuff / cereals / CL: 種|种
HSK 4
dining hall; cafeteria / CL: 個|个, 間|间
HSK 4
snack; nibbles
HSK 4
eating and drinking / food and drink; diet
HSK 5
appetite
HSK 6
meals; food
HSK 7-9
to eat; to consume / edible
HSK 7-9
staple food
HSK 7-9
board and lodging / room and board
HSK 7-9
food / meals
HSK 7-9
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
carnivorous
to save food / to go on a diet
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
instant noodles
to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
carnivore
esophageal cancer
(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
cookbook / recipe / diet / CL: , 個|个
vegetarian meal / vegetarian diet
lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living
food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
cooked food / prepared food / deli food
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to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
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to feed (a person or animal)
snack; nibbles
food poisoning
to go on a hunger strike
gourmet
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
(of food) fast; instant / (Tw) fast food
fast food shop
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
to eat one's meal
food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost)
edible salt
dessert / sweet
solar eclipse
edible
to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest
to be picky about food
diner (in a restaurant etc) / hanger-on / sponger
non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula)
tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods
to forage / to hunt for food / to scavenge / fig. to make a living
cooking oil
(lit. and fig.) to nibble away at
(dialect) Chinese-style dumpling (such as wonton, jiaozi etc)
food
lit. clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom) / fig. people's basic needs
to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed
food / edibles
lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle
food chain
to take (medication, vitamins etc)
(idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food
to eat and drink unreasonably
otherworldly; detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life
having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed
brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury / extravagance
esophagus; gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route
to devour
clothes and food
lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled
to consume
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
grain crops / cereals
anorexia
to economize on clothes and food / to scrimp and save (idiom)
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
the people one depends upon for one's livelihood / one's bread and butter
piranha
lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom)
insectivorous plant
lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale
extravagant food
partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) / having likes and dislikes / partial eclipse
extravagant lifestyle
omnivorous (zoology) / snacks / a varied diet
herbivore / herbivorous animal
man-eating shark / same as 大白鯊|大白鲨, great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
omnivore
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
to be picky (food)
to go in search of food (of animals) / to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets
a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom) / even wild beasts look after their young
like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
an annular eclipse of the sun
cannibalism
Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second
a short moment
to aid digestion
small toy or figurine included with a food product / DIY candy kit
gluttonous; greedy

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