副食品 (fù shí pǐn) — non-staple food, non-staple foodstuffs
Definition
Refers to everyday food items other than main staples like rice or flour — vegetables, meat, eggs, tofu, etc. 副 highlights that these are "side" or "secondary" to 主食 (staples).
noun
non-staple foodnon-staple foodstuffs
Examples
- 副食品。Chāo shì de fù shí pǐn zhǒng lèi hěn duō.The supermarket has many kinds of non-staple foods.
- 副食品。Tā měi tiān dōu huì mǎi yì xiē fù shí pǐn huí jiā.He buys some non-staple foods every day to take home.
- 副食品。Zhè xiē fù shí pǐn de jià gé bǐ qù nián zhǎng le yì diǎn.The prices of these non-staple foods have gone up a bit compared to last year.
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