素食
sù shí
Pinyin

Definition

素食
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sù shí
  1. vegetables
  2. vegetarian food

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
因素
yīn sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
素
sù
  1. 1 raw silk
  2. 2 white
  3. 3 plain, unadorned
  4. 4 vegetarian (food)
  5. 5 essence
  6. 6 nature
  7. 7 element
  8. 8 constituent
  9. 9 usually
  10. 10 always
  11. 11 ever
素质
sù zhì
  1. 1 inner quality
  2. 2 basic essence
维生素
wéi shēng sù
  1. 1 vitamin
美食
měi shí
  1. 1 culinary delicacy
  2. 2 fine food
  3. 3 gourmet food
零食
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
食
shí
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 animal feed
  4. 4 eclipse
食品
shí pǐn
  1. 1 foodstuff
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 provisions
  4. 4 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
食物
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
饮食
yǐn shí
  1. 1 food and drink
  2. 2 diet
主食
zhǔ shí
  1. 1 main food
  2. 2 staple (rice and noodles)
伙食
huǒ shí
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 meals
像素
xiàng sù
  1. 1 pixel
厌食
yàn shí
  1. 1 anorexia
吃素
chī sù
  1. 1 to be a vegetarian
抗生素
kàng shēng sù
  1. 1 antibiotic
挑食
tiāo shí
  1. 1 to be picky about food
暴食
bào shí
  1. 1 to eat too much
  2. 2 to binge
朴素
pǔ sù
  1. 1 plain and simple
  2. 2 unadorned
  3. 3 simple living
  4. 4 not frivolous

Idioms (20)

三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
  1. 1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
因噎废食
yīn yē fèi shí
  1. 1 lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  2. 2 to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters
寝食难安
qǐn shí nán ān
  1. 1 lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely worried and troubled
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
废寝忘食
fèi qǐn wàng shí
  1. 1 to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
  2. 2 to skip one's sleep and meals
  3. 3 to be completely wrapped up in one's work
弱肉强食
ruò ròu qiáng shí
  1. 1 lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior
  2. 2 the law of the jungle
我行我素
wǒ xíng wǒ sù
  1. 1 to continue in one's own way (idiom)
民以食为天
mín yǐ shí wéi tiān
  1. 1 Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.
  2. 2 Food first, ethical niceties second
灭此朝食
miè cǐ zhāo shí
  1. 1 lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed
  2. 2 anxious to do battle (idiom)
狂饮暴食
kuáng yǐn bào shí
  1. 1 drunken gluttony (idiom); eating and drinking to excess
率兽食人
shuài shòu shí rén
  1. 1 lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people
发愤忘食
fā fèn wàng shí
  1. 1 so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
砚田之食
yàn tián zhī shí
  1. 1 to make a living by writing (idiom)
节衣缩食
jié yī suō shí
  1. 1 to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
箪食壶浆
dān shí hú jiāng
  1. 1 to receive troops with food and drink (idiom)
  2. 2 to give troops a hearty welcome
  3. 3 also pr. [dān sì hú jiāng]
素不相能
sù bù xiāng néng
  1. 1 unable to get along (idiom)
素不相识
sù bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 to be total strangers (idiom)

Sample Sentences

对了，你吃素吧？那我们去吃一间好吃的素食餐厅吧！
duìle ，nǐ chīsù ba ？nà wǒmen qù chī yī jiān hǎochī de sùshí cāntīng ba ！
By the way, you are a vegetarian, right? Then let’s go to a nice vegetarian restaurant!
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上海老字号的餐饮店有20多家，最有名的是以上海本帮菜为特色的“德兴馆”和“上海老饭店”、以素食闻名的“功德林”、还有以点心著称的“绿波廊”。
Shànghǎi lǎozìhào de cānyǐn diàn yǒu èrshí duō jiā ，zuì yǒumíng de shì yǐ Shànghǎi běnbāng cài wéi tèsè de “Déxīngguǎn ”hé “Shànghǎi lǎo fàndiàn ”、yǐ sùshí wénmíng de “Gōngdélín ”、hái yǒu yǐ diǎnxīn zhùchēng de “lǜbōláng ”。
Shanghai has more than twenty of them. The most famous would be ''Dexing Restaurant" and ''The Old Shanghai Restaurant," which are known for their Shanghainese cooking. ''Gong De Lin" is famous for vegetarian food, and '' Lǜ Bo Lang" is known for its dim sum.
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