供给 供給 gōng jǐ to furnish / to provide / supply (as in supply and demand) syn 供销 供銷 gōng xiāo supply and marketing / distribution / supply and sales 补给线 supply line / line of supply 补给站 補給站 bǔ jǐ zhàn depot / supply station / supply point / staging post 基地台电源 base station power supply / base power supply 供应干事－一般供应和协助通知书 供應幹事－一般供應和協助通知書 supply officer, general supply and letters of assist 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 民以食为天 民以食為天 mín yǐ shí wéi tiān Food is the God of the people. (idiom) / People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second syn 低收入缺粮国粮食安全特别方桉 低收入缺糧國糧食安全特別方案 Special Programme for Food Security in Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries / Special Programme for Food Security 粮食安全特别方桉 糧食安全特別方案 Special Programme for Food Security in Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries / Special Programme for Food Security 药食同源 藥食同源 yào shí tóng yuán lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine 粮食供应 糧食供應 liáng shí gōng yìng food supply 粮食和作物供应评估特派团 糧食和作物供應評估特派團 Food and Crop Supply Assessment Mission 紧急粮食供应计划 緊急糧食供應計劃 Emergency Food Supply Scheme 非洲粮食供应信息系统讲习班 非洲糧食供應信息系統講習班 Workshop on Food Supply Information Systems in Africa 作物和粮食供应评价团 作物和糧食供應評價團 Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission 出笼 出籠 chū lóng (of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market 僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply syn 掐断 掐斷 qiā duàn to nip off (with fingernails etc) / (fig.) to cut off (supply etc) / to disconnect 米袋子 mǐ dài zi (fig.) supply of grain to the public 美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 速食 sù shí (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 吃不来 吃不來 chī bu lái to be unaccustomed to certain food / to not be keen on certain food syn 番菜 fān cài (old) Western-style food / foreign food 金盘玉食 金盤玉食 jīn pán yù shí lit. gold dish, jade food / epicurean food 粮食安全信托基金 Trust Fund for Food Security and Food Safety 粮食净进口国 糧食凈進口國 net-food importing country / net-food importer 转基因食品援助 轉基因食品援助 genetically modified food aid / GM food aid 粮食和发展政策研究所 糧食和發展政策研究所 Institute for Food and Development Policy / Food First 粮食第一 糧食第一 Institute for Food and Development Policy / Food First 发展中国家粮食生产和投资协商小组 發展中國家糧食生產和投資協商小組 Consultative Group on Food Production and Investment in Developing Countries / Consultative Group on Food Production and Investment 粮食生产和投资协商小组 糧食生產和投資協商小組 Consultative Group on Food Production and Investment in Developing Countries / Consultative Group on Food Production and Investment 粮食安全分析股--索马里 糧食安全分析股--索馬里 Food Security Analysis Unit-Somalia / Food Security Analysis Unit 全球粮食危机和食物权交互专题对话 全球糧食危機和食物權交互專題對話 Interactive Thematic Dialogue on the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food 全球粮食危机 全球糧食危機 global food crisis / world food crisis 世界粮食危机 世界糧食危機 global food crisis / world food crisis 粮食生产促进粮食安全特别方桉 糧食生產促進糧食安全特別方案 Special Programme on Food Production for Food Security 吃软不吃硬 吃軟不吃硬 chī ruǎn bù chī yìng lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion Q Q cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc - foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb 摆盘 擺盤 bǎi pán to arrange food on a plate / to plate up / food presentation / (watchmaking) balance wheel 美食街 měi shí jiē food court / food street 外食 wài shí to eat out / food brought in from outside / food not purchased within the premises 开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn 热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn 鬼扯脚 鬼扯腳 guǐ chě jiǎo lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it 外溢 wài yì (of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed 消化 xiāo huà to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc) / to assimilate / to process syn 串烧 串燒 chuàn shāo to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley 觅食 覓食 mì shí to forage / to hunt for food / to scavenge / fig. to make a living 饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing syn 热乎乎 熱乎乎 rè hū hū warm / (of food) piping hot / (fig.) roused to warm feelings syn 浅尝 淺嚐 qiǎn cháng to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink) / (fig.) to dabble in / to flirt with (a topic) 干货 乾貨 gān huò dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分[shui3fen4]) 粗茶淡饭 粗茶淡飯 cū chá dàn fàn plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water syn 口腹 kǒu fù (fig.) food syn 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 食不果腹 shí bù guǒ fù lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 寅吃卯粮 寅吃卯糧 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later syn 硬 yìng hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial syn 山珍海错 山珍海錯 shān zhēn hǎi cuò rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom) / fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies 败胃 敗胃 bài wèi (of food or medicine) to impair digestion / to suppress appetite / (fig.) (of some objectionable aspect of sth) to cause one to lose interest / to put one off 热炒热卖 熱炒熱賣 rè chǎo rè mài lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked / fig. to teach what one has just learned / enthusiasm of the new convert 食不厌精，脍不厌细 食不厭精，膾不厭細 shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food 饔飧 yōng sūn (literary) lit. breakfast and supper / fig. cooked food 吃到饱 吃到飽 chī dào bǎo (Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc) 人为财死，鸟为食亡 人為財死，鳥為食亡 rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich 吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well 丝滑 絲滑 sī huá (of food, skin, hair etc) silky / smooth / (fig.) smooth / effortless / seamless 尝鲜 嘗鮮 cháng xiān to taste (fresh food or a delicacy) / (fig.) to try sth new syn 布帛菽粟 bù - bó - shū - sù lit. cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom) / fig. food and clothing / daily necessities 炸锅 炸鍋 zhà guō (of food) to burst out of the pot / (fig.) to be in an uproar 罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 luó què - jué shǔ lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation) 蝇营狗苟 蠅營狗苟 yíng yíng - gǒu gǒu lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / fig. to lead an undignified life / to resort to any means for personal gain syn 衣食住行 yī - shí - zhù - xíng lit. clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom) / fig. people's basic needs syn 提供 tí gōng to offer / to supply / to provide / to furnish syn 供应 供應 gōng yìng to supply / to provide / to offer syn 紧张 緊張 jǐn zhāng nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL:陣|阵[zhen4] syn 供求 gōng qiú supply and demand (economics) syn 供电 供電 gōng diàn to supply electricity 供货 供貨 gōng huò to supply goods 供水 gōng shuǐ to supply water 供需 gōng xū supply and demand syn 水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn 货源 貨源 huò yuán supply of goods 供应链 供應鏈 gōng yīng liàn supply chain 供热 供熱 gōng rè heating (for a building) / to supply heating 紧缺 緊缺 jǐn quē in short supply / scarce syn 生源 shēng yuán supply of students / source of students 供养 供養 gōng yǎng to supply / to provide for one's elders / to support one's parents syn 补给 補給 bǔ jǐ supply / replenishment / to replenish syn 