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下飯

简下饭 · 繁下飯

Mandarin · pinyin xià fàn

to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable)
(of a dish) to go well with rice

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下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
飯: fàn · cooked rice; food; meal
饭: fàn · cooked rice; food, meal

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4–4 · xia4 fan4

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verb

(verb-object) to have savoury dishes with one's rice (or other staple food)

adj

(of a dish) going well with rice; good with staple food

noun

(dialectal) dish; course

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