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1 lit. one object bests another object
2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

三旬九食

sān xún jiǔ shí

1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
3 in dire straits

人为财死，鸟为食亡

rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng

1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich

仁民爱物

rén mín ài wù

1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence

价廉物美

jià lián wù měi

1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我们为你提供拉萨深度游的信息，让你领略最正宗的甜茶馆，和藏民一起吃最地道的食物。

wǒmen wèi nǐ tígōng Lāsà shēndù yóu de xìnxī ，ràng nǐ lǐnglu:è zuì zhèngzōng de tián chá guǎn ，hé zàngmín yīqǐ chī zuì dìdao de shíwù 。

We provide you with in-depth information of Lhasa tours, allowing you to experience the most authentic sweet tea from tea houses and eat the most authentic Tibetan food.

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一看到酸的食物就不自觉地流下口水是一种后天形成的条件反射现象。

yī kàn dào suān de shíwù jiù bùzìjué de liú xià kǒushuǐ shì yīzhǒng hòutiān xíngchéng de tiáojiànfǎnshè xiànxiàng 。

It is an acquired conditioned reflex that one drools unconsciously when seeing sour food.

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我们看到酸的食物就流口水也是一样的。

wǒmen kàndào suān de shíwù jiù liú kǒushuǐ yě shì yīyàng de 。

It goes the same for us. When seeing sour food, we salivate.

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我们进食的时候，口腔内部会受到刺激，大脑就会下令分泌能帮助消化食物的唾液，其中又以酸的食物所产生的刺激最为强烈。

wǒmen jìnshí de shíhou ，kǒuqiāng nèibù huì shòudào cìjī ，dànǎo jiù huì xiàlìng fēnmì néng bāngzhù xiāohuà shíwù de tuòyè ，qízhōng yòu yǐ suān de shíwù suǒ chǎnshēng de cìjī zuìwéi qiángliè 。

When we are eating, we get oral stimulation. Our brain would command the mouth to secrete saliva in order to help digest the food. Among which, sour food induces the most stimulation.

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时间一久，就算还没尝到酸的食物，光是想像，大脑也会习惯性地发出信号让口腔内部分泌唾液。

shíjiān yī jiǔ ，jiùsuàn hái méi cháng dào suān de shíwù ，guāngshì xiǎngxiàng ，dànǎo yě huì xíguànxìng de fāchū xìnhào ràng kǒuqiāng nèibù fēnmì tuòyè 。

As time passes by, even though we haven't eaten sour food yet, our brain would customarily send signals to make our mouth secrete saliva by simply imagining sour food.

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所以每次当我们吃进柠檬、梅子、酸菜等酸的食物的时候，大脑就会下达指令分泌大量的唾液。

suǒyǐ měicì dāng wǒmen chī jìn níngméng 、méizi 、suāncài děng suān de shíwù de shíhou ，dànǎo jiù huì xiàdá zhǐlìng fēnmì dàliàng de tuòyè 。

As a result, when we are eating lemon, plum, pickled cabbage or other sorts of sour food, our brain would give orders to secrete a big amount of saliva.

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明清时期，皇家宫殿房间内出现了可移动的冷源，即贮放冰块的柜子，上面镂空，作为冷气出孔，中部空间还可储存食物，如西瓜、冷饮等。

MíngQīng shíqī ，huángjiā gōngdiàn fángjiān nèi chūxiàn le kě yídòng de lěngyuán ，jí zhùfàng bīngkuài de guìzi ，shàngmiàn lòukōng ，zuòwéi lěngqì chūkǒng ，zhōngbù kōngjiān hái kě chǔcún shíwù ，rú xīguā 、lěngyǐn děng 。

In the Ming and Qing dynasty, rooms in the royal palace placed ice cubes in cabinets which were hollow on the top to let the cool air flow. The space in the middle of the cabinets were used to store food such as watermelons and cold beverages etc.

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齐格蒙特.鲍曼的书“流动的现代性”里说到购物已经不只是指购买食物、鞋子、汽车什么的，

qígéméntè .bàomàn de shū “liúdòng de xiàndàixìng ”lǐ shuō dào gòuwù yǐjīng bù zhǐshì zhǐ gòumǎi shíwù 、xiézi 、qìchē shénme de ，

In Zygmunt Bauman’s book “Liquid Modernity,” he states that “shopping is not just about buying food, shoes, cars, or anything, etc...”

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购买那些令人垂涎三尺的食物，和最为有效的能消除吃了它们而引起副作用的减肥方法，购买音量最大的音响和最有疗效的头痛片。

gòumǎi nàxiē lìngrén chuíxiánsānchǐ de shíwù ，hé zuìwéi yǒuxiào de néng xiāochú chī le tāmen ér yǐnqǐ fùzuòyòng de jiǎnféi fāngfǎ ，gòumǎi yīnliàng zuì dà de yīnxiǎng hé zuì yǒu liáoxiào de tóutòng piàn 。

buying those mouth-watering foods, which have the side effects of being the most effective way to lose weight, and buying the loudest speaker together the most effective headache tablets.

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你常常外食餐厅食物大多放了过量的调味料和味精，你买回去那些冷冻食物、腌制肉类，加总起来的盐分也是相当可观。

nǐ chángcháng wàishí cāntīng shíwù dàduō fàng le guòliàng de tiáowèiliào hé wèijīng ，nǐ mǎi huíqu nàxiē lěngdòng shíwù 、yānzhì ròulèi ，jiāzǒng qilai de yánfèn yě shì xiāngdāng kěguān 。

You often eat out. Most restaurant food has too much seasoning and MSG. And those frozen foods and cured meats that you buy have quite a lot of salt in them when taken together.

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