food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
废寝忘食廢寢忘食HSK 7–9 (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
quantity of food one eats; food intake
1.(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom)2.(fig.) people's basic needs
ant-eater (several different species)
to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest
1.non-staple foods2.(Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula)
(of a bird) to peck at food
1.lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom)2.fig. poverty-stricken
1.to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)2.to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject
民以食为天民以食為天 1.Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.2.Food first, ethical niceties second
1.lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)2.fig. not to live up to one's promises
(TCM) food therapy; treatment via food
节衣缩食節衣縮食HSK 7–9 to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea
1.short of food and clothing2.destitute
1.lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face2.to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
1.omnivorous (zoology)2.snacks3.a varied diet
partial eclipse of the moon
1.(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)2.(fig.) to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale
1.partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy)2.having likes and dislikes3.partial eclipse
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
1.to eat (of bird or animal)2.to feed
(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
1.cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明节)2.the Qingming festival
(formal) to avoid (certain foods)
(dialect) Chinese-style dumpling (such as wonton, jiaozi etc)
1.to go in search of food (of animals)2.to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets
1.to forage2.to gather for eating3.to pick and eat