节食 (節食)
jié shí
Pinyin

Definition

节食 (節食)
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jié shí
  1. to save food
  2. to go on a diet

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
食品
shí pǐn
  1. 1 foodstuff
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 provisions
  4. 4 classifier: 种 zhǒng
食物
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 classifier: 种 zhǒng

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
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
寝食难安
qǐn shí nán ān
  1. 1 lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely worried and troubled

Sample Sentences

要不我们今天就开始节食吧！光吃蔬菜水果，肯定很快就能瘦下去。
yàobu wǒmen jīntiān jiù kāishǐ jiéshí ba ！guāng chī shūcài shuǐguǒ ，kěndìng hěn kuài jiù néng shòu xiàqu 。
Why don't we go on a diet starting today then? If we only eat vegetables and fruit, we will definitely be able to get thinner very quickly.
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哎，我也一样，喝凉水都能长肉！像我们这么好吃懒做的，运动和节食肯定坚持不了，要不我们吃减肥药吧？
āi ，wǒ yě yíyàng ，hē liángshuǐ dōu néng zhǎngròu ！xiàng wǒmen zhème hàochīlǎnzuò de ，yùndòng hé jiéshí kěndìng jiānchí bùliǎo ，yàobu wǒmen chī jiǎnféi yào ba ？
Oh, same here. I get fat just drinking cold water. Lazy food-lovers like us definitely can't keep to a diet or exercise regimen. How about we take some weight-loss medicine?
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