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Mandarin · pinyin jí cān

communal dining where one takes one's food from dishes served to everyone at the table (contrasted with 分餐 fēn cān)

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集: jí · assemble, collect together
餐: cān · eat, dine; meal; food

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2–1 · ji2 can1

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