餐食
cān shí
Pinyin

Definition

餐食
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cān shí
  1. food
  2. meal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

午餐
wǔ cān
  1. 1 lunch
  2. 2 luncheon
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]
早餐
zǎo cān
  1. 1 breakfast
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]
晚餐
wǎn cān
  1. 1 evening meal
  2. 2 dinner
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]
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 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
食物
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
餐
cān
  1. 1 meal
  2. 2 to eat
  3. 3 classifier for meals
餐厅
cān tīng
  1. 1 dining hall
  2. 2 dining room
  3. 3 restaurant
  4. 4 CL:間|间[jiān],家[jiā]
中餐
Zhōng cān
  1. 1 Chinese meal
  2. 2 Chinese food
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn]
主食
zhǔ shí
  1. 1 main food
  2. 2 staple (rice and noodles)
伙食
huǒ shí
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 meals
大餐
dà cān
  1. 1 great meal
  2. 2 banquet
套餐
tào cān
  1. 1 set meal
  2. 2 product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
快餐
kuài cān
  1. 1 fast food
  2. 2 snack
  3. 3 quick meal
暴食
bào shí
  1. 1 to eat too much
  2. 2 to binge
正餐
zhèng cān
  1. 1 (regular) meal
  2. 2 full meal
  3. 3 main course
甜食
tián shí
  1. 1 dessert
  2. 2 sweet
用餐
yòng cān
  1. 1 to eat a meal

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
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
废寝忘食
fèi qǐn wàng shí
  1. 1 to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
  2. 2 to skip one's sleep and meals
  3. 3 to be completely wrapped up in one's work
弱肉强食
ruò ròu qiáng shí
  1. 1 lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior
  2. 2 the law of the jungle
民以食为天
mín yǐ shí wéi tiān
  1. 1 Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.
  2. 2 Food first, ethical niceties second
灭此朝食
miè cǐ zhāo shí
  1. 1 lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed
  2. 2 anxious to do battle (idiom)
狂饮暴食
kuáng yǐn bào shí
  1. 1 drunken gluttony (idiom); eating and drinking to excess
率兽食人
shuài shòu shí rén
  1. 1 lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people
发愤忘食
fā fèn wàng shí
  1. 1 so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
砚田之食
yàn tián zhī shí
  1. 1 to make a living by writing (idiom)
秀色可餐
xiù sè kě cān
  1. 1 a feast for the eyes (idiom)
  2. 2 (of women) gorgeous
  3. 3 graceful
  4. 4 (of scenery) beautiful
节衣缩食
jié yī suō shí
  1. 1 to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
箪食壶浆
dān shí hú jiāng
  1. 1 to receive troops with food and drink (idiom)
  2. 2 to give troops a hearty welcome
  3. 3 also pr. [dān sì hú jiāng]
缩衣节食
suō yī jié shí
  1. 1 to economize on clothes and food
  2. 2 to scrimp and save (idiom)
自食其力
zì shí qí lì
  1. 1 lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stand on one's own feet
  3. 3 to earn one's own living
自食其果
zì shí qí guǒ
  1. 1 to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action
  2. 2 to reap what one has sown

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