伴唱 bàn chàng vocal accompaniment / to accompany a singer / to support of sb / to echo sb / to chime in with sb 帮腔 幫腔 bāng qiāng vocal accompaniment in some traditional Chinese operas / to speak in support of / to chime in syn 弦歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times) 弹词 彈詞 tán cí ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment syn 快板儿 快板兒 kuài bǎn r clapper talk / patter song (in opera) with clapperboard accompaniment 琴书 琴書 qín shū traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment 莲花落 蓮花落 lián huā lào genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers syn 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 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 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 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 食品 shí pǐn foodstuff / food / provisions / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 食物 shí wù food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 新鲜 新鮮 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon syn 饮食 飲食 yǐn shí eating and drinking / food and drink / diet syn 餐饮 餐飲 cān yǐn food and beverage / catering / repast syn 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor syn 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 消化 xiāo huà to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc) / to assimilate / to process syn 品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn 美味 měi wèi delicious / delicious food / delicacy syn 小吃 xiǎo chī street food / snack syn 大口 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping 添加剂 添加劑 tiān jiā jì additive / food additive 冷冻 冷凍 lěng dòng to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing syn 快餐 kuài cān fast food / snack / quick meal 饭菜 飯菜 fàn cài food syn 吃喝 chī hē to eat and drink / food and drink 食品安全 shí pǐn ān quán food safety 主食 zhǔ shí staple food syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 清淡 qīng dàn light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales) 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 口感 kǒu gǎn mouthfeel / texture (of food) 鲜活 鮮活 xiān huó vivid / lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh syn 素食 sù shí vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet syn 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 变质 變質 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism syn 膳食 shàn shí meals / food syn 温热 溫熱 wēn rè tepid / to warm up (food etc) 餐饮业 餐飲業 cān yǐn yè food service industry / catering industry 对口 對口 duì kǒu (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste syn 西餐 xī cān Western-style food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] syn 中餐 zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] 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 快餐店 kuài cān diàn fast food shop syn 品相 pǐn xiàng condition / physical appearance (of a museum piece, item of food produced by a chef, postage stamp etc) 食品卫生 食品衛生 food hygiene 配售 pèi shòu to ration merchandise (esp. food in times of shortages) 冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment 温饱 溫飽 wēn bǎo to have enough food and warm clothes / adequately provided syn 衣食 yī shí clothes and food syn 衣食住行 yī shí zhù xíng clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom) / people's basic needs syn 耐人寻味 耐人尋味 nài rén xún wèi thought-provoking / worth thinking over / to provide food for thought syn 食物中毒 shí wù zhòng dú food poisoning 菜市场 菜市場 cài shì chǎng food market 清茶 qīng chá green tea / only tea (without food) 食品加工 food processing 药监局 藥監局 yào jiān jú State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) / abbr. for 國家食品藥品監督管理局|国家食品药品监督管理局[Guo2 jia1 Shi2 pin3 Yao4 pin3 Jian1 du1 Guan3 li3 ju2] 食品工业 食品工業 shí pǐn gōng yè food industry 伙食 huǒ shí food / meals syn 节食 節食 jié shí to save food / to go on a diet 罗刹 羅剎 luó chà demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food 粮食生产 糧食生產 food production 顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) syn 觅食 覓食 mì shí to forage / to hunt for food / to scavenge / fig. to make a living 