请 請 qǐng to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 晚餐 wǎn cān evening meal / dinner / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4] syn 吃饭 吃飯 chī fàn to have a meal / to eat / to make a living syn 晚饭 晚飯 wǎn fàn evening meal / dinner / supper / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1] syn 做饭 做飯 zuò fàn to prepare a meal / to cook syn 大餐 dà cān sumptuous meal / banquet 用餐 yòng cān to eat a meal syn 进食 進食 jìn shí to eat one's meal syn 快餐 kuài cān fast food / snack / quick meal 自助餐 zì zhù cān buffet / self-service meal 捕鱼 捕魚 bǔ yú to catch fish / to fish syn 中餐 zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] 套餐 tào cān set meal / (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription) 聚餐 jù cān communal meal / formal dinner of club or group syn 开饭 開飯 kāi fàn to serve a meal syn 便当 便當 biàn dāng convenient / handy / easy / bento (a meal in a partitioned box) / lunchbox syn 家常便饭 家常便飯 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary syn 进餐 進餐 jìn cān to have a meal syn 鱼肉 魚肉 yú ròu flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) syn 下厨 下廚 xià chú to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook syn 正餐 zhèng cān (regular) meal / full meal / main course 盒饭 盒飯 hé fàn meal in a partitioned box 鱼片 魚片 yú piàn fish fillet / slice of fish meat 便饭 便飯 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking syn 整治 zhěng zhì to bring under control / to regulate / to restore to good condition / (coll.) to fix (a person) / to prepare (a meal etc) syn 骨粉 gǔ fěn bone meal 茶余饭后 茶餘飯後 chá yú fàn hòu leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc) syn 外卖 外賣 wài mài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal) 餐点 餐點 cān diǎn food / dish / meal 送餐 sòng cān home delivery of meal 活鱼 活魚 huó yú fresh fish / living fish 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 吃不上 chī bu shàng unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal 鱼肚 魚肚 yú dǔ fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish 用饭 用飯 yòng fàn to eat / to have a meal 加餐 jiā cān to have an extra meal / snack 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 过堂 過堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall syn 鱼 魚 yú fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2]) syn 顿 頓 dùn to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal syn 饭 飯 fàn cooked rice / CL:碗[wan3] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dun4] / (loanword) fan / devotee syn 餐 cān meal / to eat / classifier for meals syn 美餐 měi cān tasty meal / to eat a satisfying meal 工作餐 gōng zuò cān working meal 残羹 殘羹 cán gēng leftovers from a meal 残羹剩饭 殘羹剩飯 cán gēng shèng fàn leftovers from a meal / fig. remnants handed down from others 冷餐 lěng cān cold meal / cold food 鳐 鰩 yáo skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae) / ray (fish) 客饭 客飯 kè fàn cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors / set meal syn 哺 餔 bū to eat / evening meal syn 鲲 鯤 kūn fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2] 打牙祭 dǎ yá jì to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month) syn 大饱口福 大飽口福 dà bǎo kǒu fú to eat one's fill / to have a good meal 钓鱼 釣魚 diào yú to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing syn 鱼缸 魚缸 yú gāng fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium 打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) syn 炸鱼 炸魚 zhá yú deep-fried fish 鱼饵 魚餌 yú ěr fish bait syn 大海捞针 大海撈針 dà hǎi lāo zhēn lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) syn 如鱼得水 如魚得水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings syn 捕杀 捕殺 bǔ shā to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) 落网 落網 luò wǎng (of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured syn 围捕 圍捕 wéi bǔ to fish by casting a net / to capture / to surround and seize syn 飞鱼 飛魚 fēi yú flying fish 咸鱼 鹹魚 xián yú salted fish syn 捞钱 撈錢 lāo qián lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck 捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch syn 鱼鳞 魚鱗 yú lín fish scales syn 鳞片 鱗片 lín piàn scale (of fish, reptiles etc) syn 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 热带鱼 熱帶魚 rè dài yú tropical fish 不三不四 bù sān bù sì (idiom) dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript syn 泥鳅 泥鰍 ní qiu loach / mud fish / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 打鱼 打魚 dǎ yú to fish syn 水族箱 shuǐ zú xiāng aquarium / fish tank 黄鱼 黃魚 huáng yú yellow croaker (fish) syn 白肉 bái ròu plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc) syn 银鱼 銀魚 yín yú oriental whitebait / slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon 放养 放養 fàng yǎng to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment / to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild syn 鱼群 魚群 yú qún shoal of fish syn 鱼子 魚子 yú zǐ fish eggs / roe / caviar 鱼死网破 魚死網破 yú sǐ wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom) syn 木鱼 木魚 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 鱼龙混杂 魚龍混雜 yú lóng hùn zá lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom) / fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk syn 淡水鱼 淡水魚 dàn shuǐ yú freshwater fish syn 鱼苗 魚苗 yú miáo fry / newly hatched fish syn 沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts syn 鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) syn 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 鱼肚白 魚肚白 yú dù bái fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) 石斑鱼 石斑魚 shí bān yú grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called 鮨 / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper) 捞取 撈取 lāo qǔ to dredge up / to scoop up from the water / to fish for / to gain (by improper means) syn 鱼水 魚水 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) syn 乌鱼 烏魚 wū yú gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae) syn 掏出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) 水产品 水產品 shuǐ chǎn pǐn aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc) 整条 整條 zhěng tiáo entire / whole (fish, road etc) 摸底 mō dǐ to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding syn 