1 culinary delicacy

2 fine food

3 gourmet food

1 golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty

1 between-meal nibbles

2 snacks

1 to eat

2 food

3 animal feed

4 eclipse

1 foodstuff

2 food

3 provisions

4 classifier: 种 zhǒng

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

1 lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion.

2 Your criticism will be most valuable.

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

1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside

2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively

1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady