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chī fàn
v. eat a meal, have a meal
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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zán men qù chī fàn ba .
phr. Let's go and eat something.
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xī fāng rén chī fàn yòng dāo zi hé chā zi ér dōng fāng rén yòng kuài zi
phr. Westerners eat with a knife and fork, but Easterners use chopsticks.
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wǒ zhēn è le, wǒ men chī fàn ba .
phr. I am really hungry, let's eat dinner.
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nǐ ruò néng bāng wǒ yí gè máng, wǒ jiù qíng nǐ chī fàn .
phr. If you do me this favor, I will treat you a meal.
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yǒu shí hou tā dài tā chū wài chī fàn
phr. Sometimes he took her out for dinner.
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wǒ bù huí jiā chī fàn le, hé tóng xué zài fàn guán lǐ chī
phr. I won't go home to eat; (I) will eat with a classmate in a restaurant.
chī fàn de shí hou
phr. when having a meal
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wǒ xiān chī fàn, zài qù shuì jiào
phr. I will eat first, then I will go to sleep.
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chī fàn xiān hē tāng, shèng guò shén yào fāng
phr. when eating, start from having some soup -- this practice is better than any medicines that may be prescribed