1 lunch

2 luncheon

3 classifier: 份 fèn

4 classifier: 顿 dùn

5 classifier: 次 cì

1 breakfast

2 classifier: 份 fèn

3 classifier: 顿 dùn

4 classifier: 次 cì

1 evening meal

2 dinner

3 classifier: 份 fèn

4 classifier: 顿 dùn

5 classifier: 次 cì

1 culinary delicacy

2 fine food

3 gourmet food

1 between-meal nibbles

2 snacks

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. 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. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face

2 to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk

1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)

2 diligently attending to official matters

1 lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)

2 fig. extremely worried and troubled