觅食 (覓食)
mì shí
Pinyin

Definition

觅食 (覓食)
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mì shí
  1. to forage
  2. to hunt for food
  3. to scavenge
  4. fig. to make a living

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

刚开始肯定是不适应的。以前它们是用四肢爬树的。到了地上前肢就可以解放出来，做一些觅食，防御攻击敌人的工作。慢慢地，前肢就进化成了手，由后肢独立承担起了行走的责任，也就是能直立行走了。
gāng kāishǐ kěndìng shì bù shìyīng de 。yǐqián tāmen shì yòng sìzhī pá shù de 。dào le dìshang qiánzhī jiù kěyǐ jiěfàng chūlái ，zuò yīxiē mìshí ，fángyù gōngjī dírén de gōngzuò 。mànmàn de ，qiánzhī jiù jìnhuà chéng le shǒu ，yóu hòuzhī dúlì chéngdān qǐ le xíngzǒu de zérèn ，yě jiùshì néng zhílì xíngzǒu le 。
At first, they definitely weren't used to it. In the past, they had used all four limbs to climb trees. After arriving on the ground, their front limbs were free to do the job of foraging for food, and defending from enemy attacks. Slowly, their front limbs evolved into arms, which caused the back legs to take the sole responsibility of walking about. This was also the ability to walk upright.
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