素食
sù shí
Pinyin

Definition

素食
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sù shí
  1. vegetables
  2. vegetarian food

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
因素
yīn sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
素
sù
  1. 1 raw silk
  2. 2 white
  3. 3 plain, unadorned
  4. 4 vegetarian (food)
  5. 5 essence
  6. 6 nature
  7. 7 element
  8. 8 constituent
  9. 9 usually
  10. 10 always
  11. 11 ever
素质
sù zhì
  1. 1 inner quality
  2. 2 basic essence
维生素
wéi shēng sù
  1. 1 vitamin

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
勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
  1. 1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
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

对了，你吃素吧？那我们去吃一间好吃的素食餐厅吧！
duìle ，nǐ chīsù ba ？nà wǒmen qù chī yī jiān hǎochī de sùshí cāntīng ba ！
By the way, you are a vegetarian, right? Then let’s go to a nice vegetarian restaurant!
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上海老字号的餐饮店有20多家，最有名的是以上海本帮菜为特色的“德兴馆”和“上海老饭店”、以素食闻名的“功德林”、还有以点心著称的“绿波廊”。
Shànghǎi lǎozìhào de cānyǐn diàn yǒu èrshí duō jiā ，zuì yǒumíng de shì yǐ Shànghǎi běnbāng cài wéi tèsè de “Déxīngguǎn ”hé “Shànghǎi lǎo fàndiàn ”、yǐ sùshí wénmíng de “Gōngdélín ”、hái yǒu yǐ diǎnxīn zhùchēng de “lǜbōláng ”。
Shanghai has more than twenty of them. The most famous would be ''Dexing Restaurant" and ''The Old Shanghai Restaurant," which are known for their Shanghainese cooking. ''Gong De Lin" is famous for vegetarian food, and '' Lǜ Bo Lang" is known for its dim sum.
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