便饭 (biàn fàn) — simple meal; home cooking
Definition
便饭 literally 'convenient meal' — a casual, simple home-cooked meal, as opposed to a formal banquet (宴席). Often used to downplay hospitality, e.g. "just a simple meal" when hosting guests.
noun
simple mealhome cooking
Measure word · 顿
Examples
- 便饭。Wǒ men suí biàn chī diǎn biàn fàn ba.Let's just have a simple meal.
- 便饭，。Tā qǐng wǒ chī le yí dùn biàn fàn, suī rán jiǎn dān dàn hěn wēn xīn.He treated me to a simple meal — plain but very warm.
- 便饭。Mā ma zuò de biàn fàn bǐ wài miàn de hǎo chī duō le.Mom's home cooking is much better than eating out.
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