食堂
shí táng
Pinyin

Definition

食堂
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shí táng
  1. dining hall
  2. CL:個|个[gè],間|间[jiān]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

天堂
tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
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
厌食
yàn shí
  1. 1 anorexia
同堂
tóng táng
  1. 1 to live under the same roof (of different generations)
堂
táng
  1. 1 (main) hall
  2. 2 large room for a specific purpose
  3. 3 CL:間|间[jiān]
  4. 4 relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
  5. 5 of the same clan
  6. 6 classifier for classes, lectures etc
  7. 7 classifier for sets of furniture
堂哥
táng gē
  1. 1 older male patrilineal cousin
堂妹
táng mèi
  1. 1 younger female patrilineal cousin
堂姐
táng jiě
  1. 1 older female patrilineal cousin
堂弟
táng dì
  1. 1 younger male patrilineal cousin
大堂
dà táng
  1. 1 lobby
学堂
xué táng
  1. 1 college
  2. 2 school (old)
厅堂
tīng táng
  1. 1 hall
挑食
tiāo shí
  1. 1 to be picky about food

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
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
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
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
升堂入室
shēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
四世同堂
sì shì tóng táng
  1. 1 four generations under one roof (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
坐不垂堂
zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
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
家累千金，坐不垂堂
jiā lěi qiān jīn , zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
富丽堂皇
fù lì táng huáng
  1. 1 (of houses etc) sumptuous (idiom)
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
对簿公堂
duì bù gōng táng
  1. 1 public courtroom accusation (idiom)
  2. 2 legal confrontation
  3. 3 to take sb to court
  4. 4 to sue
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
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to give up
  3. 3 to turn tail
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)
济济一堂
jǐ jǐ yī táng
  1. 1 to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof

Sample Sentences

我经常刚一下课就立即冲到食堂。
wǒ jīngcháng gāng yī xiàkè jiù lìjí chōng dào shítáng 。
Immediately: I often dash to the cafeteria immediately after class.
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食堂怎么走？
shítáng zěnme zǒu ？
How do I get to the cafeteria?
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好，今天食堂里人好多啊。
hǎo ，jīntiān shítáng lǐ rén hǎo duō a 。
OK. The dining hall is really crowded today.
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没胃口。学校食堂的厨子是怎么想的？玉米炒葡萄！
méi wèikǒu 。xuéxiào shítáng de chúzi shì zěnme xiǎng de ？yùmǐchǎopútáo ！
I am not hungry. What is the chef of the school's cafeteria thinking of? Corn stir-fried grapes!
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前面是教学大楼，左边是食堂，右边是宿舍。
qiánmian shì jiàoxuédàlóu ，zuǒbiān shì shítáng ，yòubiān shì sùshè 。
Up ahead is our classroom building. On the left is the cafeteria and on the right is the dormitory.
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你一个月伙食费能花多少钱？在学校食堂吃的话，一天三十块够了吧？一个月算你一千块。
nǐ yī ge yuè huǒshífèi néng huā duōshǎo qián ？zài xuéxiào shítáng chī dehuà ，yītiān sānshí kuài gòu le ba ？yī ge yuè suàn nǐ yīqiān kuài 。
How much money do you spend on food in a month? If you eat at the school cafeteria, isn't thirty kuai a day enough? For one month that comes to one thousand kuai.
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我啊，印象最深的就是吃。我们学校有好多食堂，各种美食都有。又好吃又便宜。还有就是卧谈会了，每天熄灯后大家畅所欲言，聊得可开心了。
wǒ a ，yìnxiàng zuìshēn de jiùshì chī 。wǒmen xuéxiào yǒu hǎo duō shítáng ，gèzhǒng měishí dōu yǒu 。yòu hǎochī yòu piányi 。háiyǒu jiùshì wòtánhuì le ，měitiān dēng hòu dàjiā chàngsuǒyùyán ，liáo de kě kāixīn le 。
For me, the thing that left the deepest impression was the food. Our college had a lot of cafeterias with all kinds of good food. They were both tasty and cheap. There was also chatting in our bunk beds. Every night after lights out, everyone would talk freely and chat to our hearts' content.
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我在学校食堂吃午饭，我吃了炒面，很不好吃。
wǒ zài xuéxiào shítáng chī wǔfàn ，wǒ chī le chǎomiàn ，hěn bù hǎochī 。
I ate lunch in the school cafeteria. I ate fried noodles. They were gross.
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食堂
shítáng
dining hall, cafeteria
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食堂。我爸爸单位食堂的肉包子最好吃了。小时候，我只要考试成绩好，爸爸就会买肉包子奖励我。
shítáng 。wǒ bàba dānwèi shítáng de ròu bāozi zuì hǎochī le 。xiǎoshíhòu ，wǒ zhǐyào kǎoshì chéngjì hǎo ，bàba jiù huì mǎi ròu bāozi jiǎnglì wǒ 。
Cafeteria. The meat buns at my dad's work unit cafeteria were the best. When I was little, if I got a good test score, Dad would buy a meat bun to reward me.
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