- cookbook; recipe; diet; CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]
- scallion; green onion
- garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (coll.) naive or easily exploited people (esp. small investors or consumers), likened to chives that can be repeatedly harvested for profit
- 姜 Jiāng: 姜 Jiang1: surname Jiang姜 jiāng: 姜 jiang1: ginger
- residence; dwelling
- usual; customary
- assembly hall; auditorium; CL:座[zuo4]
- to return a greeting; to send a gift in return
- (bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited; (literary) (of fish) putrid
- 臭 xìu: 臭 xiu4: sense of smell; smell bad臭 chòu: 臭 chou4: stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition)
- cooked food; to cook (until ready)
- from time to time; now and then; occasionally; frequently
- thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam
- measureless; immeasurable
- 脯 pú: 脯 pu2: chest; breast脯 fǔ: 脯 fu3: dried meat; preserved fruit
- staple food
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- appetite; liking
- sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom); keen and alert; perceptive
- to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc)
- my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male
- though; although
- wheat flour; flour; heroin
- refined rice
- appealing to the masses; universally appreciated (idiom)
- chopped meat or fish
- raw meat
- to broil; to roast
- sashimi
- to get moist; to get damp (due to humidity, seepage etc)
- (husked) rice
- reeking; putrid
- rancid; soured (as food)
- to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
- flesh of fish; fish and meat; (fig.) victims of oppression; (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
- corruption; to corrupt; to rot; rotten
- stinky tofu; strong-smelling preserved beancurd; fig. rough exterior but lovable person
- vegetables
- to plant; to grow (a crop); to cultivate
- shredded meat; shredded pork