cooked food; mortal fare
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
cooked food; food prepared by cooking (as opposed to raw food)
literary多用于书面语或宗教、文学语境，常构成“不食人间烟火食”等搭配，形容超脱世俗或修炼成仙。
Xiū修
dào道
zhī之
rén人
，
jiǔ久
yǐ已
bù不
shí食
rén人
jiān间
yān烟
huǒ火
shí食
。
Those who practice the Tao have long since stopped eating the cooked food of the mortal world.
Cǐ此
jiān间
zhǐ只
gōng供
sù素
shí食
，
ruò若
qiú求
yān烟
huǒ火
shí食
，
xū需
xià下
shān山
qù去
。
Only vegetarian food is served here; if you seek cooked food, you must go down the mountain.
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Yān烟
huǒ火
shí食
yǔ与
rì日
yòng用
qì器
mǐn皿
，
jiē皆
yǐ已
bèi备
qí齐
。
Cooked food and daily utensils have all been prepared.
Tā他
zì自
chēng称
bì辟
gǔ谷
duō多
nián年
，
bù不
zài再
zhān沾
rǎn染
yān烟
huǒ火
shí食
。
He claims to have abstained from grains for years, no longer partaking in cooked food.