食粮 食糧 shí liáng food cereals syn 主食 zhǔ shí staple food syn 副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn 副食 fù shí non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 糌粑 zān ba tsampa / tsamba (Tibetan staple food) 粮食 糧食 liáng shi foodstuff / cereals / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 粮食作物 糧食作物 liáng shi zuò wù grain crops / cereals syn 辟谷 辟穀 pì gǔ to abstain from eating cereals (Taoist practice) / to fast 芒 máng awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan 稷 jì millet / God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers / minister of agriculture syn 禾木科 hé mù kē gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice) 土谷祠 土穀祠 tǔ gǔ cí temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tu3 di4 shen2] and the god of cereals 辟谷 辟穀 bì gǔ (Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals / to fast / also pr. [pi4gu3] 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 大宗 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing syn 名产 名產 míng chǎn staple / name-brand product 大路货 大路貨 dà lù huò staple goods 钉 釘 dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on syn 钉书针 釘書針 dìng shū zhēn staple (variant of 訂書針|订书针[ding4 shu1 zhen1]) 订书钉 訂書釘 dìng shū dīng staple (stationery) 订书针 訂書針 dìng shū zhēn staple 起钉器 起釘器 qǐ dīng qì staple remover 主要作物 主要作物 staple crop 鎹 xx (Japanese kokuji) large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together / pr. kasugai 屈戌儿 屈戌兒 qū qu er staple (used with a hasp) 屈戌儿 屈戌兒 qū qu r staple (used with a hasp) 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 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) 