Western-style cuisine (obsolete term)
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Meanings
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Western food; Western-style cuisine
archaicAn archaic term for Western food, used historically in China, especially in the late Qing and early Republican periods. It is rarely used in modern Chinese, replaced by the more common "西餐" (xī cān). It originally referred to food from foreign (non-Chinese) lands.
Tā他
zǔ祖
fù父
nián年
qīng轻
shí时
zài在
yī一
jiā家
fān番
cài菜
guǎn馆
dāng当
xué学
tú徒
。
His grandfather worked as an apprentice in a Western restaurant when he was young.
Zhè这
jiā家
lǎo老
zì字
hào号
cóng从
qián前
shì是
zhù著
míng名
de的
fān番
cài菜
guǎn馆
。
This old established shop was a famous Western restaurant in the past.
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Qīng清
mò末
，
fān番
cài菜
zài在
Shàng上
hǎi海
zhú逐
jiàn渐
liú流
xíng行
qǐ起
lái来
。
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Western food gradually became popular in Shanghai.