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lunch / Chinese meal; Chinese food / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 2
breakfast / CL: , 頓|顿,
HSK 2
Western-style food / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 2
lunch / luncheon / CL: , 頓|顿,
HSK 2
fast food / snack / quick meal
HSK 2
evening meal; dinner / CL: , 頓|顿,
HSK 2
set meal / (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
HSK 4
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  *餐* | 餐* | *餐
meal / to eat / classifier for meals
HSK 6
to eat a meal
HSK 7-9
to dine
HSK 7-9
picnic / to have a picnic
HSK 7-9
communal meal / formal dinner of club or group
home delivery of meal
to have a meal
sumptuous meal; banquet
(regular) meal / full meal / main course
catering
to eat one's fill
Holy Communion; Eucharist
tasty meal / to eat a satisfying meal
a feast for the eyes (idiom) / (of women) gorgeous / graceful / (of scenery) beautiful
to hold a sinecure (idiom)
(of food) accompaniment
cold meal / cold food
buffet / self-service meal
to have an extra meal / snack
side dish
meal replacement
to have three meals a day
the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
(at a restaurant) to order a meal / (of a waiter) to take an order
working meal
in-flight meal
to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)
(of people with tight budget) to enjoy various dishes at the restaurant by ordering the food together and then sharing the costs
to dine and dash / to leave without paying
to forget one's meals
potluck meal
communal dining where one takes one's food from dishes served to everyone at the table (contrasted with 分餐)
great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom); sumptuous banquet
(of a restaurant etc) to serve the meal; to dish out the food
suspended meal (Tw)
brunch
meal replacement
the Last Supper (in the biblical Passion story)


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