熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 熟炒 shú chǎo to stir-fry ingredients that have been cooked or partially cooked 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 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 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 熟菜 shú cài cooked food (ready to eat) 饔 yōng (literary) cooked food / breakfast 粻 zhāng food / white cooked rice 焌油 qū yóu to pour heated oil and seasonings over food (e.g. a cooked fish) 熥 tēng to heat up (cooked food) by baking or steaming / Taiwan pr. [tong1] 断生 斷生 duàn shēng (of food) to be cooked just until no longer raw 镬气 鑊氣 huò qì "wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food cooked in a wok over a high flame (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese, Jyutping: wok6 hei3) 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 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 大锅饭 大鍋飯 dà guō fàn meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit syn 半生不熟 bàn shēng bù shóu underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting syn 夹生 夾生 jiā shēng half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5] syn 夹生饭 夾生飯 jiā shēng fàn half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4] 生米做成熟饭 生米做成熟飯 shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom) / fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭 米已成炊 mǐ yǐ chéng chuī lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone 生米熟饭 生米熟飯 shēng mǐ shú fàn 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 / It's too late to change anything now. 煮熟的鸭子飞了 煮熟的鴨子飛了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 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 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 原味 yuán wèi authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings) 米饭 米飯 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice syn 吃法 chī fǎ way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked 熟透 shú tòu completely ripe / ripened / well-cooked syn 白饭 白飯 bái fàn plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it syn 烂熟 爛熟 làn shú well cooked / to know thoroughly syn 回锅肉 回鍋肉 huí guō ròu twice-cooked pork 干饭 乾飯 gān fàn plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge) 面糊 麵糊 miàn hù panada / cooked flour paste / flour paste (used in crafts) / batter (used in cooking) / Taiwan pr. [mian4hu2] syn 生米煮成熟饭 生米煮成熟飯 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom) syn 饭 飯 fàn cooked rice / CL:碗[wan3] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dun4] / (loanword) fan / devotee syn 熟 shú ripe / mature / thoroughly cooked / done / familiar / acquainted / experienced / skilled / (of sleep etc) deep / profound / also pr. [shou2] syn 烂 爛 làn soft / mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot / to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic / messy / utterly / thoroughly / crappy / bad syn 箪 簞 dān round basket for cooked rice 餗 sù pot of cooked rice 膰 fán cooked meat used in sacrifice 腍 rěn be satiated / cooked / good-tasting 全熟 quán shú thoroughly cooked / (of steak) well done / (of eggs) hard-boiled 料豆儿 料豆兒 liào dòu r cooked black soybean as animal fodder 车轮饼 車輪餅 chē lún bǐng imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings) 捏造的数据 捏造的數據 cooked data / doctored data / massaged data 动过手脚的数据 動過手腳的數據 cooked data / doctored data / massaged data 绿豆椪 綠豆椪 lǜ dòu pèng mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans) 𫗧 餗 sù pot of cooked rice 溏心 táng xīn soft yolk (of a cooked egg) 杂碎 雜碎 zá sui offal / cooked minced offal / chop suey (American Chinese dish) / incoherent (information) / (derog.) asshat / jerk syn 假账 假賬 jiǎ zhàng fraudulent financial accounts / cooked books 半熟 bàn shú half-cooked / (of vegetables) parboiled / (of steak) medium / (of eggs) soft-boiled 温泉蛋 溫泉蛋 wēn quán dàn onsen tamago / hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) 温玉 溫玉 wēn yù onsen tamago / hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 温玉 "ontama", which is an abbr. for 温泉玉子 "onsen tamago") 蛋炒饭 蛋炒飯 dàn chǎo fàn egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables) 过水面 過水麵 guò shuǐ miàn cooked noodles cooled with cold water 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 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 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) 