美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food 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 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 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 酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 餐饮业 餐飲業 cān yǐn yè food service industry / catering industry 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 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 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 行业 行業 háng yè trade / profession / industry / business syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 奥斯卡 奧斯卡 ào sī kǎ (film industry) Oscar (Academy Award) / CL:屆|届[jie4] / (name) Oscar 工业 工業 gōng yè industry 海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 产业 產業 chǎn yè industry / estate / property / industrial syn 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 分区 分區 fēn qū allocated area (for housing, industry etc) / district 跻身 躋身 jī shēn to rise into the ranks of / to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) syn 化工 huà gōng chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业[hua4xue2 gong1ye4]) / chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程[hua4xue2 gong1cheng2]) 实业 實業 shí yè industry / commercial enterprise syn 工商 gōng shāng industry and commerce 渔业 漁業 yú yè fishing industry / fishery 服务业 服務業 fú wù yè service industry 矿业 礦業 kuàng yè mining industry 制造业 制造業 zhì zào yè manufacturing industry 建筑业 建築業 jiàn zhù yè building industry 旅游业 旅遊業 lǚ yóu yè tourism industry 影业 影業 yǐng yè film industry 牧业 牧業 mù yè livestock husbandry / animal product industry 运输业 運輸業 yùn shū yè transportation industry 酒店业 酒店業 jiǔ diàn yè the catering industry / the hotel and restaurant business 化学工业 化學工業 huà xué gōng yè chemical industry (abbr. to 化工[hua4gong1]) 养殖业 養殖業 yǎng zhí yè cultivation industry 同行 tóng háng person of the same profession / of the same trade, occupation or industry syn 业界 業界 yè jiè industry 职场 職場 zhí chǎng workplace / workforce (of a nation or industry etc) / job market 单曲 單曲 dān qǔ single (recording industry) 林业 林業 lín yè forest industry / forestry 制作人 製作人 zhì zuò rén (entertainment industry) producer 报业 報業 bào yè newspaper industry 产业链 產業鏈 chǎn yè liàn industry value chain 业者 業者 yè zhě dealer / trader / person or company engaged in some industry or trade 第三产业 第三產業 dì sān chǎn yè tertiary sector of industry 上汽 shàng qì abbr. for 上海汽車工業集團|上海汽车工业集团, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) 轻工业 輕工業 qīng gōng yè light industry 业态 業態 yè tài (retail industry) format 电子工业 電子工業 diàn zǐ gōng yè electronics industry 重工 zhòng gōng heavy industry 工矿 工礦 gōng kuàng industry and mining syn 纺织工业 紡織工業 fǎng zhī gōng yè textile industry 重工业 重工業 zhòng gōng yè heavy industry / manufacturing 王选 王選 wáng xuǎn Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator 钢铁工业 鋼鐵工業 gāng tiě gōng yè steel industry 工农业 工農業 gōng nóng yè industry and agriculture 新兴产业 新興產業 xīn xīng chǎn yè emerging industry 航空业 航空業 háng kōng yè aviation industry 第二产业 第二產業 dì èr chǎn yè secondary industry 工商界 gōng shāng jiè industry / the world of business syn 第一产业 第一產業 dì yī chǎn yè primary sector of industry 核工业 核工業 hé gōng yè nuclear industry 钢坯 鋼坯 gāng pī billet (steel industry) 鸿海 鴻海 hóng hǎi Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn 格莱美奖 格萊美獎 gé lái měi jiǎng Grammy Award (US music industry award) 四个现代化 四個現代化 sì gè xiàn dài huà Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化 四个现代化 四個現代化 sì ge xiàn dài huà Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化[si4 hua4] 制药业 制藥業 zhì yào yè pharmaceutical industry 粉领 粉領 fěn lǐng pink collar / woman working in the service industry 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 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 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 食物 shí wù food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 新鲜 新鮮 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon syn 美味 měi wèi delicious / delicious food / delicacy syn 食品 shí pǐn foodstuff / food / provisions / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor 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 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 冷冻 冷凍 lěng dòng to freeze (food etc) / (of weather) freezing syn 饮食 飲食 yǐn shí eating and drinking / food and drink / diet syn 素食 sù shí vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet syn 快餐 kuài cān fast food / snack / quick meal 节食 節食 jié shí to save food / to go on a diet 饭菜 飯菜 fàn cài food syn 小吃 xiǎo chī street food / snack syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 中餐 zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] 鸡翅 雞翅 jī chì chicken wings (fast food) 饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing syn 变质 變質 biàn zhì to degenerate / to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad / to go off / (geology) metamorphism syn 冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment 食物中毒 shí wù zhòng dú food poisoning 