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饭
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Definitions
- 1. cooked rice
- 2. meal
- 3. (loanword) fan
- 4. devotee
Example Sentences
1 shown吃米 饭 。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 饭
rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings)
the rice is cooked
simple home-style meal
food
an unappealing and unsatisfying meal
restaurant
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served)
to roll rice balls
lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
rice paddle
to lose one's job
to eat plain rice
plain tea and simple food
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band
to work for a living
to serve (food)
lunch
plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
lunchbox
(coll.) to mooch a meal
rice omelet
no heart for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
It's too late to change anything now.
to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)
to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content
secure and lucrative job
bibimbap (Korean cuisine)
half-cooked rice
(coll.) to burst out laughing
to have a meal
tearoom
rice paddle
to provide alms and rice (idiom)
see 茶餘飯後|茶余饭后[chá yú fàn hòu]
to soak cooked rice in soup or water
the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten
to beg (for food or money)
(bird species of China) Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae)
no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering
to prepare a meal
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
to stir-fry leftover rice
to eat
(cooked) rice
amount of food one eats
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
(lit. and fig.) meal ticket
to get food at a canteen
cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors
porridge; gruel; congee
fried rice
big restaurant
to put some food aside for sb
restaurant
(fig.) guarantee of financial support for the rest of one's life
dining room
(coll.) to have a meal
\meals prepared at separate stoves\, slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC
leftovers from a meal
food and drink
dining hall
person hired to lure customers to a restaurant
dining room for young schoolchildren unable to go home for lunch
electric rice cooker
evening meal
dining table
to lead an idle life; to be a loafer
to live off a woman
(coll.) to be incompetent
lunch
Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)
rice bowl
New Year's Eve family dinner
gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori)
breakfast
to fill a bowl with rice
fan community
rice with meat and vegetables
rice au gratin
pet food bowl
to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom)
lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
(coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies)
to get or supply meals for a monthly rate
meal in a partitioned box
blueberry
Xinjiang lamb rice
food
egg fried rice
food given to Buddhist monks as alms
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom)
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)
farewell dinner party
leftover food
wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing
spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom); remains after a meal
to ask for food
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
rice with meat and vegetables
meal cooked in a large pot
to swell on steaming (of hard rice grain)
body double (in eating scenes)
plain cooked rice
walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)
lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
post cibum (pharm.)
rice dishes (on menu)
Great Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜來登|喜来登)
rice in gravy, typically with meat and vegetables
have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
an ordinary meal
food coma
unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships
dinner party
to cook
to look for a job
risotto
to serve a meal
rice cooker
having nothing better to do