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"out of food" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
绝粮 絕糧 jué liáng provisions are exhausted / out of food
Chinese Pinyin Translation
淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn
知难而退 知難而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like 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
外食 wài shí to eat out / food brought in from outside / food not purchased within the premises
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
试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out syn
灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown syn
拔 bá to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize syn
熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn
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
顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) syn
麻花 má huā fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes) syn
外带 外帶 wài dài take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone syn
断粮 斷糧 duàn liáng to run out of food
顺嘴 順嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food)
饾 餖 dòu to set out food
餖 dòu set out food
弹尽粮绝 彈盡糧絕 dàn jìn liáng jué out of ammunition and no food left (idiom) / in desperate straits syn
外送 wài sòng to send out / fast food delivered
顺嘴儿 順嘴兒 shùn zuǐ r to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food)
出餐 chū cān (of a restaurant etc) to serve the meal / to dish out the food
炸锅 炸鍋 zhà guō (of food) to burst out of the pot / (fig.) to be in an uproar
罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 luó què - jué shǔ lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
蝇营狗苟 蠅營狗苟 yíng yíng - gǒu gǒu lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / fig. to lead an undignified life / to resort to any means for personal gain syn
发出 發出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc) / to send out / to dispatch / to produce (a sound) / to let out (a laugh) syn
整理 zhěng lǐ to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage) syn
展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out syn
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
拿出 ná chū to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence) syn
伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn
爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out syn
偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn
取出 qǔ chū to take out / to extract / to draw out
掏出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available
想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
不合 bù hé to not conform to / to be unsuited to / to be out of keeping with / should not / ought out syn
挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out syn
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn
喷出 噴出 pēn chū spout / spray / belch / to well up / to puff out / to spurt out
出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
涌出 湧出 yǒng chū to gush / to gush out / to pour out syn
熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn
舒展 shū zhǎn to roll out / to extend / to smooth out / to unfold syn
百分之百 bǎi fēn zhī bǎi a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely syn
倾倒 傾倒 qīng dào to dump / to pour out / to empty out syn
理顺 理順 lǐ shùn to straighten out / to sort out / to organize syn
不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out syn
半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn
叫唤 叫喚 jiào huan to cry out / to bark out a sound syn
熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out syn
开票 開票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
透顶 透頂 tòu dǐng out-and-out / thoroughly syn
熄灯 熄燈 xī dēng turn out the lights / lights out
发飙 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently
开挖 開挖 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging syn
漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn
彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn
呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn
在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn
打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc)
放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn
脱销 脫銷 tuō xiāo to sell out / to run out (of supplies) / deficient / lack of supplies syn
冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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