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 药水 藥水 yào shuǐ medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion syn 半流食 bàn liú shí (medicine) semi-liquid food 萃取 cuì qǔ (chemistry) liquid-liquid extraction (aka solvent extraction) / to extract 贫液 貧液 pín yè waste liquid / liquid with precipitate skimmed off 液－液化学交换工艺 liquid-liquid chemical exchange process / chemical exchange isotope separation / solvent extraction process 液液交换塔 yè yè jiāo huàn tǎ liquid-liquid exchange column 液-液离心接触器 liquid-liquid centrifugal contactor 高效液相色谱法 高效液相色譜法 high-performance liquid chromatography / high-efficiency liquid chromatography 大麻油 cannabis oil / marijuana oil / liquid hashish / liquid cannabis / hashish oil / cured cannabis 液-液萃取塔 liquid-liquid extraction column 唇釉 chún yòu (cosmetics) liquid lipstick (typically with a glossier, lacquer-like finish compared to Western liquid lipsticks, though matte formulas also exist) 冲剂 沖劑 chōng jì medicine to be taken after being mixed with water (or other liquid) syn 引流 yǐn liú to draw off (liquid) / (medicine) to perform a drainage procedure / to attract traffic online 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 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 医学 醫學 yī xué medicine / medical science / study of medicine syn 内科 內科 nèi kē internal medicine / general medicine 清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) 中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine 西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine 成药 成藥 chéng yào patent medicine / medicine already made up 国际法医学和社会医学学会 國際法醫學和社會醫學學會 International Academy of Legal Medicine and Social Medicine 特效药 特效藥 tè xiào yào effective medicine for a specific condition / highly effective medicine syn 调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize syn 冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment 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 打食 dǎ shí to go in search of food (of animals) / to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets 普食 pǔ shí (medicine) regular food 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 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 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 液晶 yè jīng liquid crystal 流动 流動 liú dòng to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid syn 液体 液體 yè tǐ liquid 澄清 dèng qīng to settle (of liquid) / to become clear (by precipitation of impurities) / precipitate (chemistry) / to put in order / to quell disturbances syn 澄清 chéng qīng clear (of liquid) / limpid / to clarify / to make sth clear / to be clear (about the facts) syn 液晶显示器 液晶顯示器 yè jīng xiǎn shì qì liquid crystal display 泄漏 xiè lòu (of a liquid or gas) to leak / to divulge / to leak (information) syn 沸腾 沸騰 fèi téng (of a liquid) to boil / (of sentiments etc) to boil over / to flare up / to be impassioned syn 浓缩 濃縮 nóng suō to concentrate (a liquid) / concentration / espresso coffee / abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡|意式浓缩咖啡 syn 点子 點子 diǎn zi spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer syn 液晶屏 yè jīng píng liquid crystal screen 液化气 液化氣 yè huà qì liquid gas / bottled gas (fuel) 液晶显示屏 液晶顯示屏 yè jǐng xiǎn shì píng liquid crystal display 洗发水 洗髮水 xǐ fà shuǐ shampoo (liquid) 液晶显示 液晶顯示 yè jīng xiǎn shì LCD / liquid crystal display 流沙 liú shā quicksand / (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard) / lava 液态 液態 yè tài liquid (state) 滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude) syn 冲泡 沖泡 chōng pào to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) / to infuse (tea) 流动资产 流動資產 liú dòng zī chǎn (financial reporting) current assets / liquid assets 液相 liquid phase 液面 yè miàn surface (of a body of liquid) 分配器 fēn pèi qì dispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap) / splitter (for cable TV signal etc) 沐浴乳 mù yù rǔ body wash (liquid soap) / shower gel 洗洁精 洗潔精 xǐ jié jīng dishwashing liquid 提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 洗手液 xǐ shǒu yè liquid hand soap 硬皮 yìng pí crust (of a solidified liquid etc) 水罐 shuǐ guàn container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc 过筛 過篩 guò shāi to put through a sieve / to sift (flour etc) / to strain (a liquid) / (fig.) to screen / to filter / to select 液氮 yè dàn liquid nitrogen 皮袋 pí dài leather bag / leather pouch (for liquid) 液氨 yè ān liquid ammonia 液态水 液態水 yè tài shuǐ liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice) 浓缩机 濃縮機 nóng suō jī a device for concentrating (a liquid) / a condenser 