节食 (jié shí) — to go on a diet, to diet (restrict food intake)
Definition
Means deliberately eating less to lose weight or for health. Note the separable pattern: 在节食, 节了三个月的食. Compare with 减肥, which focuses on the goal of losing weight itself.
verb
to go on a dietto diet (restrict food intake)
Examples
- 节食，。Tā zuì jìn zài jié shí, bù chī tián shí.She's on a diet lately and doesn't eat sweets.
- ，。Wèi le jiǎn féi, tā jié le sān gè yuè de shí.To lose weight, he dieted for three months.
- 节食，。Yī shēng jiàn yì wǒ jié shí, duō chī shū cài.The doctor advised me to go on a diet and eat more vegetables.
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