饮食 (yǐn shí) — diet; food and drink

Definition

饮食 covers both food and drink together as a category, often with a focus on habits or health (as in 注意饮食). 餐饮 is the more formal/service-industry term for food and beverage.

noun
dietfood and drink

Examples

  • 饮食
    Tā de yǐn shí hěn jiàn kāng.
    His diet is very healthy.
  • 饮食
    Wǒ zuì jìn kāi shǐ zhù yì yǐn shí.
    I recently started paying attention to my diet.
  • 饮食
    Bù tóng de wén huà yǒu bù tóng de yǐn shí.
    Different cultures have different food and drink.

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