甜食
tián shí
Pinyin

Definition

甜食
 - 
tián shí
  1. dessert
  2. sweet

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

甜
tián
  1. 1 sweet
甜蜜
tián mì
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 happy
美食
měi shí
  1. 1 culinary delicacy
  2. 2 fine food
  3. 3 gourmet food
零食
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
食
shí
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 animal feed
  4. 4 eclipse

Idioms (20)

三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
嘴甜心苦
zuǐ tián xīn kǔ
  1. 1 sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
因噎废食
yīn yē fèi shí
  1. 1 lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  2. 2 to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters

Sample Sentences

你又想减肥，又想吃甜食，鱼与熊掌不可兼得，只能选一个。
nǐ yòu xiǎng jiǎnféi ，yòu xiǎng chī tiánshí ，yúyǔxióngzhǎngbùkějiāndé ，zhǐnéng xuǎn yī ge 。
You want to lose weight and also want to eat dessert. You can't have it both ways. You can only choose one.  
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是咸的吗？我不喜欢甜食。
shì xián de ma ？wǒ bù xǐhuan tiánshí 。
Are they savoury? I don't like sweet foods.
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我不喜欢吃甜食，我喜欢辣的东西。
wǒ bù xǐhuan chī tiánshí ，wǒ xǐhuan là de dōngxi 。
I don't like eating sweet things, I like spicy things.
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