三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
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1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
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2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
人是铁饭是钢
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
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1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
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2 an empty sack cannot stand upright
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
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1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
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2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
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1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
康庄大道
kāng zhuāng dà dào
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1 broad and open road (idiom); fig. brilliant future prospects
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
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1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
残茶剩饭
cán chá shèng fàn
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1 spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal
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2 crumbs from the feast
生米做成熟饭
shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn
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1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
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2 It's too late to change anything now.
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3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn
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1 the rice is cooked
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2 what's done is done
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3 it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
生米熟饭
shēng mǐ shú fàn
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1 abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
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2 It's too late to change anything now.
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
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1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
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2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
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1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
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2 to act according to actual circumstances
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3 to live within one's means
茶饭不思
chá fàn bù sī
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1 no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
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2 to have no appetite
茶饭无心
chá fàn wú xīn
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1 no heart for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
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2 to have no appetite
酒囊饭袋
jiǔ náng fàn dài
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1 wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing
项庄舞剑
Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn
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1 lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during Feast at Hongmen 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hóng mén Yàn] in 206 BC)
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2 fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent
项庄舞剑,意在沛公
Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài Pèi gōng
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1 lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pèi gōng] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at Feast at Hongmen 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hóng mén Yàn]
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2 an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent
饭糗茹草
fàn qiǔ rú cǎo
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1 lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
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2 fig. to live in abject poverty
饱餐战饭
bǎo cān zhàn fàn
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1 to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom)