食

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

to feed (a person or animal)

archaic variant of 亼[ji2]

one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "ra"), an ancient Korean writing system

blunt / tough / chewy

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

good / very / very much

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

food / meals

food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost)

having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed

main food / staple (rice and noodles)

staple food

to beg for food

lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich

lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits

lit. not eating the food of common mortals / fig. placing oneself above the common populace

World food program (United Nations aid agency)

lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight