副食品 (fù shí) — 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 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 huí jiā.
He buys some non-staple foods every day to take home.
副食品。
Zhè xiē fù shí 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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