eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure; to act according to actual circumstances; to live within one's means
客饭客飯ke4 fan4
cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors; set meal
留饭留飯liu2 fan4
to put some food aside for sb; to invite sb to stay for a meal; invitation to dinner
米饭米飯mi3 fan4
(cooked) rice
年夜饭年夜飯nian2 ye4 fan4
New Year's Eve family dinner
泡饭泡飯pao4 fan4
to soak cooked rice in soup or water; cooked rice reheated in boiling water
喷饭噴飯pen1 fan4
(coll.) to burst out laughing
人是铁饭是钢人是鐵飯是鋼ren2 shi4 tie3 fan4 shi4 gang1
one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom); an empty sack cannot stand upright
三茶六饭三茶六飯san1 cha2 liu4 fan4
lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes; to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
散伙饭散伙飯san4 huo3 fan4
farewell dinner party
生米熟饭生米熟飯sheng1 mi3 shu2 fan4
abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed; It's too late to change anything now.
生米煮成熟饭生米煮成熟飯sheng1 mi3 zhu3 cheng2 shu2 fan4
the rice is cooked; what's done is done; it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
生米做成熟饭生米做成熟飯sheng1 mi3 zuo4 cheng2 shu2 fan4
lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed; It's too late to change anything now.; also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
剩饭剩飯sheng4 fan4
leftover food
施粥舍饭施粥捨飯shi1 zhou1 she3 fan4
to provide alms and rice (idiom)
讨饭討飯tao3 fan4
to ask for food; to beg
铁饭碗鐵飯碗tie3 fan4 wan3
secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
抟饭摶飯tuan2 fan4
to roll rice balls
晚饭晚飯wan3 fan4
evening meal; dinner; supper
乌饭果烏飯果wu1 fan4 guo3
blueberry
午饭午飯wu3 fan4
lunch
稀饭稀飯xi1 fan4
porridge; gruel
小饭馆小飯館xiao3 fan4 guan3
tearoom; canteen; cafeteria
要饭要飯yao4 fan4
to beg (for food or money)
忆苦饭憶苦飯yi4 ku3 fan4
unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships; fig. poor-tasting meal
用饭用飯yong4 fan4
to eat; to have a meal
早饭早飯zao3 fan4
breakfast
斋饭齋飯zhai1 fan4
food given to Buddhist monks as alms
找饭碗找飯碗zhao3 fan4 wan3
to look for a job
中饭中飯zhong1 fan4
lunch
煮饭煮飯zhu3 fan4
to cook
抓饭抓飯zhua1 fan4
pilau; pilaf; a type of food popular among Muslims
紫菜包饭紫菜包飯zi3 cai4 bao1 fan4
gimbap (Korean rice roll similar in appearance to sushi); kimbap