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sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯
简 食饭
Pinyin: shi2 fan4
Translations
nounCan be used by overly enthusiastic relatives to urge you to fill your belly.
nounTo have a meal, to eat.
nounto have dinner;to have a meal
nounto have a meal
sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯toiˊ²檯
简 食饭台
Pinyin: shi2 fan4 tai2
Translations
nouna dining table
zongˍ₆撞baanˊ²板doˉ¹多gwo˗₃過sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯
简 撞板多过食饭
Pinyin: zhuang4 ban3 duo1 guo4 shi2 fan4
Translations
nounverb; literally: someone hit the wooden plank more than having a meal, it means failing more than succeeding (be rebuffed)
taiˊ²睇sung˗₃餸sikˍ₆食faan6,飯,taiˊ²睇zukˉ¹燭naamˎ₄喃moˎ₄嘸
简 睇餸食饭,睇烛喃呒
Pinyin: di4 song4 shi2 fan4, di4 zhu2 nan2 fu3
Translations
noundescribes when one is required to be aware of the current situation and react in a careful manner; to live within one's means; to act according to circumstances; to adapt oneself to circumstances [colloquial]
sikˍ₆食zukˉ¹粥sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯
简 食粥食饭
Pinyin: shi2 zhou1 shi2 fan4
Translations
nouncould be good or could be bad (lit., "whether we eat porridge or rice...")
noun(literally: whether one eats porridge or rice); whether good or bad; whether success or failure
taiˊ²睇sung˗₃餸sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯
简 睇餸食饭
Pinyin: di4 song4 shi2 fan4
Translations
nounadjusting spending based on incomes
nounto be careful, to be cautious
noundescribes when one is required to be aware of the current situation and react in a careful manner; to live within one's means; to act according to circumstances; to adapt oneself to circumstances
tungˎ₄同toiˎ₄檯sikˍ₆食faan6,飯,gok˗₃各ziˍ₆自sauˉ¹修hangˍ₆行
简 同台食饭,各自修行
Pinyin: tong2 tai2 shi2 fan4, ge4zi4 xiu1xing2
Translations
nounto appear to be together, but it is actually each to their own in reality [written and colloquial]
idiomEat together at the same table, but cultivate oneself separately; live together but have different beliefs or paths.