Results for “饭”

food coma / postprandial somnolence

pet food bowl / dog bowl

grain of cooked rice

(lit.) to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / (fig.) to live in abject poverty

rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball)

big restaurant

meal allowance

amount of food one eats / portion size

rice dishes (on menu)

food

erhua form of 飯館|饭馆[fàn guǎn]

mealtime (lunchtime, dinnertime etc)

lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)

to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice

to lose one's job

plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)

one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom) / an empty sack cannot stand upright

set meal

(HK) meal of rice with two dishes

Eight Treasures Rice, Chinese rice pudding dessert usually made with eight types of candied fruits, nuts, seeds etc, popular during the Lunar New Year

(coll.) (of rice) to rise well (with cooking)

"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC

(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing

lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance

(coll.) to serve time in prison / (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals)

to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload

to live off a woman

to lead an idle life / to be a loafer

to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)

eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)

having nothing better to do / see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着

fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band

(coll.) to burst out laughing

meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit

grand hotel / large, upscale hotel

half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance

the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten / the good things in life are worth waiting for

cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors / set meal

dining room for young schoolchildren unable to go home for lunch

tearoom / canteen / cafeteria