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吃食堂

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Collocation

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吃食堂的生活
2
吃食堂的日子
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(不)喜欢吃食堂
4
整天吃食堂
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每天吃食堂
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一天三顿吃食堂

Definition

吃食堂

Literally means:

have one's meals at the canteen

Actually means:

It means going to the canteen of the school or the work unit for food.

It usually denotes that a person has all his meals at the canteen.

在学校或单位的食堂吃饭。

多指一天三顿经常在食堂吃饭。

Example

Used as predicate, object, attributive or subject, and can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、宾语、定语、主语,中间可以插入别的词语)
1
cóng
自从
dānwèi
单位
zài
gōngrén
工人
shēnghuóōu
生活区
jiàn
le
shítáng
食堂
  
,
men
我们
jiā
jiù
tiān
sān
dùn
chī
shítáng
食堂
  

Since the unit built a canteen in the workers' living area, our family has eaten three meals a day.

2
Shàng
xué
大学
de
shíhou
时候
  
,
chángcháng
常常
pànwàng
盼望
yǒu
自己
de
jiā
  
,
měitiān
每天
可以
zuò
自己
xiǎng
chī
de
fàncài
饭菜
  
,
kuàikuài
快快
jiéshù
结束
chī
shítáng
食堂
de
shēnghuó
生活
  

When I was in college, I often looked forward to having a home of my own, I could cook what I wanted to eat every day, and I would soon end my life in the canteen.

3
péi
wèi
lǎo
zhuānjiā
专家
zài
xuéxiào
学校
cānguān
参观
  
,
zhōng
中午
de
shíhou
时候
  
,
rán
突然
wèn
  
:
chī
shítáng
食堂
zěnmeyàng
怎么样
  
?
Hái
néng
chī
dào
hóngshāoròu
红烧肉
ma
  
?
Kànyàngzi
看样子
hái
de
记得
xué
大学
shídài
时代
de
shēnghuó
生活
  

Once I accompanied an old expert to visit the school, at noon, he suddenly asked me: "How about eating the canteen?" Can you still eat red meat?" It seems that he remembers life in college.