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三茶六飯
sān chá liù fàn
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lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes;
to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
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丟飯碗
diū fàn wǎn
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to lose one's job
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中飯
zhōng fàn
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lunch
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乾飯
gān fàn
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cooked and dried rice
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人是鐵飯是鋼
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
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one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom);
an empty sack cannot stand upright
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份兒飯
fèn r fàn
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set meal
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便飯
biàn fàn
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an ordinary meal;
simple home cooking
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做飯
zuò fàn
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to prepare a meal;
to cook
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出飯
chū fàn
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to swell on steaming (of hard rice grain)
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分竈吃飯
fēn zào chī fàn
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"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC
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剩飯
shèng fàn
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leftover food
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包飯
bāo fàn
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to get or supply meals for a monthly rate;
to board;
to cater
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午飯
wǔ fàn
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lunch;
CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
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吃乾飯
chī gān fàn
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(coll.) to be incompetent;
useless;
good-for-nothing
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吃大鍋飯
chī dà guō fàn
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lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom);
fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
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吃牢飯
chī láo fàn
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to do prison time (Tw)
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吃白飯
chī bái fàn
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to eat plain rice;
(fig.) to eat and not pay for it;
to sponge off others;
to freeload
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吃軟飯
chī ruǎn fàn
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to live off a woman
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吃閒飯
chī xián fàn
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to live as a parasite;
doing nothing to earn one's keep
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吃青春飯
chī qīng chūn fàn
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to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)
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吃飯
chī fàn
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to have a meal;
to eat;
to make a living
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吃飯皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
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eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
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吃飽了飯撐的
chī bǎo le fàn chēng de
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having nothing better to do;
see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着
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唯飯
wéi fàn
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fan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band
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噴飯
pēn fàn
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(coll.) to burst out laughing
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